ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32928
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| Date: | Monday 25 June 1984 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Paolo Balbo & B. De Julio |
| Registration: | I-RIBI |
| MSN: | 86231 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Serpentara, Rome, Lazio -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Roma Urbe Airport, Rome, Lazio (LIRU) |
| Roma Urbe Airport, Rome, Lazio (LIRU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86231: Taken on charge by the RAF as NL760 at 5 MU RAF Kemble, Gloucestershire 16.8.43. Ferried to 2 SoTT (School of Technical Training), RAF Cosford. Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Also used by RAF Cosford Station Flight 23.10.44, coded “TCO-B”. To 9 RFS RAF Doncaster, South Yorkshire 13.11.47. To 8 MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 14.1.48. To 15 RFS RAF Redhill, Surrey 17.8.48 coded “RCD-G”, later “40”. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire 12.8.52 for long-term stroage pending disposal.
Struck off charge when sold 6.11.53 to W A Rollason Ltd, Croydon. UK civil registered as G-APJK (C of R R6224/1) 13.12.57 to Rollason Aircraft & Engines Ltd, Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey. C of A issued 25.6.58. UK registration cancelled as "sold in Italy" 1.10.58 as I-RIBI. (However, at least one eyewitness records this Tiger Moth was still marked as G-APJK, in the Rollasons Hangar at Croydon on 2.5.59)
Re-registered in Italy as I-RIBI 26.8.58 to Camillo Guidi, Roma Urbe Airport, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Re-registered in August 1962 to Srs Paolo Balbo, Curi, DeJulio & Macchi, Rome-Urbe. Re-registered 16.5.63 to Messrs Balbo, Curi & De Julio, Rome-Urbe [only]. Written off in an accident prior to C of A expiry 10.8.80. Re-registered [details unknown], probably in 1981.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into trees at Serpentara, Rome, Lazio, Italy 25.6.84.
Wreckage Stored at Campagnano-La Celsetta Airfield and C of A suspended at Marcigliana 25.6.84 as "WFU" ("Withdrawn From Use"). Remains offered for sale at Rome-Urbe 1985 by Massino Guerrini. To Paolo Balbo 1987 for rebuild. On rebuild 1990 by Masterfly, Rovereto, near Trento. Registration I-RIBI cancelled 6.91 as WFU. To Aero Club of Rome 1995 for rebuild; still on rebuild 1999 for Rusty Angels aerobatic team at Santo Stefano, Anguillara Sabazia; at La Celsetta on rebuild by Rusty Angels/Italian Flying Museum (May 2007).
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. The British Civil Aircraft Register G-APAA to G-APZZ (Bernard Martin, Air Britain, 1978 p.34)
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p862.html
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APJK.pdf
6. http://www.demobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=4184
7. https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/93504-tigers-at-rollasons-croydon
8. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpentara
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Feb-2012 20:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2022 20:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 12-Jan-2022 20:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase] |
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