1957 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5910 at Ohakea with bomb racks fitted, 22 Mar 1957.
Note:
The 'bomb racks' fitted to the wing hard points.
The polished aluminium fuselage has now been painted silver/grey.
Nose door heater intake bird-strainers. Later replaced by landing lights after the heaters were removed.
Bristol Freighter NZ5910 c/n 13134
Manufacture date 13 Aug 1953 with dual controls.
Allocated G-AMPJ to Bristol Aeroplane Company, but not used.
Arrived Whenuapai on delivery from United Kingdom 24 Apr 1954.
Brought on Charge at Whenuapai as NZ5910 with No. 41 Sqn 24 Apr 1954.
Radio call sign ZMZBM.
Carried out a supply drop Raoul Island (1 Sqn) Dec 1973.
Final RNZAF flight 14 Dec 1977.
Withdrawn From Use at Whenuapai 14 Dec 1977.
Registered to Dwen Airmotive NZ Ltd. as ZK-EPF 17 Aug 1978.
Ferried Whenuapai to Ardmore 31 Aug or 1 Sep 1978.
Change of owner to Hercules Airlines 27 Aug 1984.
Registration ZK-EPF cancelled 12 Jan 1988.
Registered to Trans Provincial Airlines Ltd Prince Rupert, BC, as C-GYQY Canada 28 Feb 1988.
Departed Auckland for Canada 9 Dec 1987.
Ground looped and the undercarriage collapsed on landing at Bronson Creek, BC, 21 Jun 1988.
Cancelled from Canadian Civil Aircraft Register Nov 1988 and scrapped.
www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzbristolfreighter.htm
www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/b170list.html
On the 17-18-19 July 1960, NZ5910 flown by F/L A.E. McLeod flew from Whenuapai to Wigram with mail and replacement parts for the Meteorological Base power generator, which had been damaged by tsunami waves following an earthquake in Chile. On the 18th the Freighter flew to Invercargill and then to Campbell Island, but was unable to air-drop due to poor visibility and returned to Invercargill. The following day (19th) a successful drop was made.
NZ5910, NZ5911 and NZ5912 flew their final operational flights with the RNZAF 14 Dec 1977 which were from Singapore to NZ. The route was Singapore-Bali-Broome-Alice Springs-Adelaide-Hobart-Invercargill-Wigram-Woodbourne-Ohakea-Auckland.
rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/9964
On the 21st Jun 1988 a ground loop and undercarriage collapse at Bronson Creek, BC, meant the end of NZ5910 as C-GYQY. The right wing dropped on landing; the undercarriage collapsed, the aircraft ground looped and ran off the runway into a ditch with a cargo of 1,600 US gal of jet fuel. Maintenance suspects that the bolts attaching the right horizontal gear support to the main wheel had failed.
aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880621-1
Map of accident location:
aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=YBM
Flight sim shot of Wrangell, the departure airport:
www.flickr.com/photos/157601388@N02/48403971851/in/photos...
(See also NZ5913 as C-FTPA in a similar incident 24 Apr 1997.)
aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970424-0
Photo courtesy of Nigel Kendall
1957 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5910 at Ohakea with bomb racks fitted, 22 Mar 1957.
Note:
The 'bomb racks' fitted to the wing hard points.
The polished aluminium fuselage has now been painted silver/grey.
Nose door heater intake bird-strainers. Later replaced by landing lights after the heaters were removed.
Bristol Freighter NZ5910 c/n 13134
Manufacture date 13 Aug 1953 with dual controls.
Allocated G-AMPJ to Bristol Aeroplane Company, but not used.
Arrived Whenuapai on delivery from United Kingdom 24 Apr 1954.
Brought on Charge at Whenuapai as NZ5910 with No. 41 Sqn 24 Apr 1954.
Radio call sign ZMZBM.
Carried out a supply drop Raoul Island (1 Sqn) Dec 1973.
Final RNZAF flight 14 Dec 1977.
Withdrawn From Use at Whenuapai 14 Dec 1977.
Registered to Dwen Airmotive NZ Ltd. as ZK-EPF 17 Aug 1978.
Ferried Whenuapai to Ardmore 31 Aug or 1 Sep 1978.
Change of owner to Hercules Airlines 27 Aug 1984.
Registration ZK-EPF cancelled 12 Jan 1988.
Registered to Trans Provincial Airlines Ltd Prince Rupert, BC, as C-GYQY Canada 28 Feb 1988.
Departed Auckland for Canada 9 Dec 1987.
Ground looped and the undercarriage collapsed on landing at Bronson Creek, BC, 21 Jun 1988.
Cancelled from Canadian Civil Aircraft Register Nov 1988 and scrapped.
www.adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzbristolfreighter.htm
www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/b170list.html
On the 17-18-19 July 1960, NZ5910 flown by F/L A.E. McLeod flew from Whenuapai to Wigram with mail and replacement parts for the Meteorological Base power generator, which had been damaged by tsunami waves following an earthquake in Chile. On the 18th the Freighter flew to Invercargill and then to Campbell Island, but was unable to air-drop due to poor visibility and returned to Invercargill. The following day (19th) a successful drop was made.
NZ5910, NZ5911 and NZ5912 flew their final operational flights with the RNZAF 14 Dec 1977 which were from Singapore to NZ. The route was Singapore-Bali-Broome-Alice Springs-Adelaide-Hobart-Invercargill-Wigram-Woodbourne-Ohakea-Auckland.
rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/9964
On the 21st Jun 1988 a ground loop and undercarriage collapse at Bronson Creek, BC, meant the end of NZ5910 as C-GYQY. The right wing dropped on landing; the undercarriage collapsed, the aircraft ground looped and ran off the runway into a ditch with a cargo of 1,600 US gal of jet fuel. Maintenance suspects that the bolts attaching the right horizontal gear support to the main wheel had failed.
aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880621-1
Map of accident location:
aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=YBM
Flight sim shot of Wrangell, the departure airport:
www.flickr.com/photos/157601388@N02/48403971851/in/photos...
(See also NZ5913 as C-FTPA in a similar incident 24 Apr 1997.)
aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970424-0
Photo courtesy of Nigel Kendall