Date:	Saturday 17 August 1963
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth
Owner/operator:	Stefano Donghi
Registration:	G-APTI
MSN:	82783
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Trelivan Airport, 3km WSW of Dinan, Bretagne -   France
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Christchurch Airfield, Somerford, Christchurch, Hampshire (EGHA)
Destination airport:	Trelivan Airport, Dinan, Bretagne, France (LFEB)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth 82783 (Gipsy Major #82651); Taken on charge as R4851 at 24 MU RAF Ternhill, Shropshire 23.1.40. To 14 EFTS RAF Elmdon, Birmingham 21.12.40. To 9 MU RAF Cosford, Wolveerhampton, Staffordshire 25.1.46. To 8 RFS RAF Woodley, Reading, Berkshire 16.7.47. To 11 RFS RAF Perth, Perth/Scone, Perthshire 10.11.47 coded "RCR-W". Also operated by Edinburgh UAS (University Air Squadron) coded “RUE-A”. To RAF Newton Station Flight, Newton, Nottinghamshire 12.12.50. To School of Land-Air Warfare, RAF Old Sarum, Saliabury, Wiltshire 30.11.51. Crashed and written off; wreckage recovered to 49 MU RAF Faygate, Horsham, Sussex 13.7.53, where Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c).

Noted at Christchurch, Hants on 25.10.54. UK civil registered as G-APTI (C of R R6587/1) 10.3.59 to John Pothecary, Christchurch. C of A issued 16.5.60. Registration cancelled/lapsed 26.5.60 and re-registered (C of R R6587/2) 1.6.60 to Surrey & Kent Flying Club Ltd, Biggin Hill. Registration cancelled/lapsed 10.8.62 and re-registered (C of R R6587/3) 11.9.62 to Stefano Donghi, Kensington, London W14 (aircraft based at Denham, Buckinghamshire)

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 17.8.63: Spun into the ground on landing after a loose item (a briefcase) moved in flight and jammed the controls. Aircraft crashed at Trelivan Airport, 3km West Southwest of Dinan, Bretagne, France. Registration G-APTI cancelled by UK Civil Aviation Authority 12.11.63 as "destroyed".

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1980)
2. The British Civil Aircraft Register (Bernard Martin, Air Britain, 1978 p.61)
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APTI-1.pdf
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-APTI-2.pdf
5. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/airfields/xchresc.html
6. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
7. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p827.html
8. http://www.ukserials.com/losses_civil.htm
9. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rodrome_de_Dinan_-_Tr%C3%A9livan (French text)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Jul-2009 02:18	VHKDK	Added
10-Jan-2012 14:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Jun-2012 13:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Embed code, Narrative]
30-Dec-2012 12:29	TB	Updated [Source]
05-May-2013 10:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Embed code]
28-May-2014 20:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Dec-2021 02:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]