Microlight Aircraft of New Zealand - Quicksilvers (4) - Quicksilver MXs ZK-FCD to ZK-FDX

 Carrying on with our single seat Quicksilver MXs:

ZK-FCD (c/n 3918 and MAANZ/101)

Registered 9 Aug 1982 to J. S. Hellyar, Auckland then 11 Jul 1984 Barry W. Ford, Tuakau then 4 Jul 1988 Graeme. J. Carlson, Huntly Cancelled Dec 2002 as withdrawn from use. 

ZK-FCL (c/n MAANZ/118)

Registered 17 Aug 1982 to C. A. Berg, Taupo then 26 Oct 1983 Taupo Aero Club, Taupo.  Climbed too steeply after take-off, stalled and crashed at Taupo, 7 Jul 1984 Engine seized after take-off and force landed near Taupo 3 May 1987, On 24 Jul 1991 to Bruce H. Walker, Henry Russell Estate, Waipukurau Cancelled 21 Dec 1998.

ZK-FCW (c/n MAANZ/125)  Registered 31 Aug 1982 to I. C. Maddever, Masterton Attempted deadstick landing but landed short and hit a fence (in a storm?) near Masterton aerodrome 24 Jun 1984 cancelled 29 Aug 1989 One source quotes destroyed by gale near Masterton.

ZK-FCX (c/n MAANZ/119)  Registered 1 Sep 1982 to Steve R. Edridge & J. R. Turnbull, Hamilton Cancelled 21 Jul 1992 as withdrawn from use.

 

ZK-FDB (c/n 4126 and MAANZ/130)

Unregistered to Alan R. Duncan, Auckland Engine failure after take-off and crashed into the mudflats off Pike’s Point airstrip near Otahuhu 16 Jul 1982 Thereafter referred to as “Mudlark 2” 

 Registered 9 Sep 1982 to Alan R. Duncan, Auckland, then 28 Feb 1990 J. A. Phillips, Te Kauwhata, then 1 Aug 1994 Dennis J. Smith, Whangarei, then 24 Feb 1996 D. A. Wright, Naike, near Huntly, then 4 Apr 1997 Dennis J. Smith, Whangarei.  Cancelled 24 Mar 2003 registration revoked.

 

ZK-FDO and see below

ZK-FDO/ZK-MXZ/ZK-DJX2 (c/n 4430 and MAANZ/143)

Registered ZK-FDO on 29 Sep 1982 to Harvey Helicopters Ltd c/- Bruce Harvey, Galatea, then 3 Aug 1988 Urewera Aero Club, Murupara, then 20 Sep 1989 C. J. Gilchrist, Timaru.   Cancelled 6 Apr 1994 as withdrawn from use 

Re-registered ZK-MXZ on 20 Apr 1998 to Neville G. Crossman, Timaru, then 30 May 2011 Tony J. Devries, Timaru cancelled 20 Sep 2011 as withdrawn from use  

Re-registered ZK-DJX2 on 30 Aug 2012 to D. A. & J. A. MacLeod, Timaru Cancelled Nov 2022 as withdrawn from use.

ZK-FDQ Registered 22 Oct 1982 to F. E. Day, Rotorua, then 21 Jul 1988 H. Bennett, Taupo, then 15 Jun 1993 Raoul. E. Lealand, Taupo, then 25 Jul 1994 William H. Bartle, Taupo, then 14 Aug 1995 I. W. Kane, Taupo.  Cancelled 17 Jul 1997 as destroyed

  

ZK-FDT (c/n MAANZ/152)

Registered 11 Oct 1982 to C. Nordstrom, Cambridge. then 31 Jan 1985 M. W. Richmond, Tokomaru Bay, then 4 Jul 1988 T. R. Birdsall & D. W. Robinson, Taupo, then 12 Nov 1992 Alvan S. Cooper.   Cancelled 11 Apr 2006 registration revoked.

ZK-FDW (c/n MAANZ/154)  Registered 13 Oct 1982 to H. Zeitler, Wellington.  Crashed at Makara, Wellington 30 Dec 1982 Cancelled 29 May 1995 as withdrawn from use.

 

ZK-FDX (c/n MAANZ/160)  

Registered 13 Oct 1982 to K. C. Miller, Havelock North.  then 21 Nov 1989 Wright Products & Services, Mount Maunganui, then 27 Mar 1990 Alan P. McDonald, Parekura Bay, Russell, then 19 Feb 1992 G. R. Gilbert, Te Puke, then 15 May 1995 Gary. C. Newton, Tokoroa, then 12 Nov 2000 Raoul E. Lealand, Taupo.  Cancelled 2 Jun 2004 registration revoked.