Date:	Tuesday 18 October 1949
Time:	night
Type:	North American AT-16 Harvard T Mk 2B
Owner/operator:	RAF College Cranwell
Registration:	KF254
MSN:	14A-2055
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire

Narrative:
North American AT-16 Harvard T Mk 2B KF254, RAF College, Cranwell: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18 October 1949 when crashed on approach to RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire.

The pilot was detailed to carry out a practice diversion and landing at night at RAF Coningsby, having taken off from RAF Cranwell. On the approach to RAF Coningsby, the pilot became confused by the approach lights on the runway, and throttled back the aircraft too soon. the aircraft then lost altitude very quickly and landed approximately 700 yards short of the runway edge at Coningsby, struck some trees, and turned upside-down into a hedge.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.543
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 117)
4. https://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1949
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Coningsby#Post_war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-May-2023 21:35	Nepa	Updated