Date:	Friday 1 July 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	CFS RAF
Registration:	TE193
MSN:	CBAF IX.4403
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF South Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire

Narrative:
Spitfire TE193: MSN CBAF IX.4403. Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M266 engine. To 29MU RAF High Ercall, Shropshire 13-1-45. First issued to 2 TAF CS (2nd Tactical Air Force Communications Squadron) 5-7-45. Delivered to the CFS (Central Flying School), RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 29-4-49

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when engine failed on overshot, and aircraft force-landing at RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire 1-7-49. The aircraft's engine failed at 8,000 feet, and the pilot attempted a forced landing back at base. However, in setting up the aircraft for a final approach prior to landing, the pilot lowered the undercarriage too early. This caused the Spitfire to tall and it undershot the runway at South Cerney.
Aircraft not repaired; became FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) and struck off charge as scrap 25-10-49

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.509
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB CFS RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1787: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101497
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Little_Rissington#Central_Flying_School:_1946_to_1976
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p111.html
7. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/TE193
8. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/90765-te193
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_South_Cerney#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Mar-2023 13:44	Dr. John Smith	Added