Date:	Monday 8 September 1947
Time:	day
Type:	North American Harvard T.2B
Owner/operator:	3 FTS RAF
Registration:	KF194
MSN:	14A-1895
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Feltwell, 10 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Feltwell, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Feltwell, Norfolk

Narrative:
North American Harvard KF194 [MSN 14A-1895]: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 08/09/1947.
The aircraft bounced on landing at RAF Feltwell, and so the pilot decided to lift off, overshoot, climb to altitude, then perform a circuit and make a second attempt at landing. He therefore opened up the throttle, and the engine responded normally. However, the pilot held the control column too far back, giving the aircraft a steep 'nose up' attitude. The Harvard then stalled at a very low altitude (less than 13 feet agl) hit the ground heavily, and the starboard undercarriage broke off

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.119 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.335
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p 114)
4. 3 FTS ORB 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1812:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101522
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Feltwell#Royal_Air_Force_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-May-2023 16:11	Dr. John Smith	Added
10-May-2023 17:14	Nepa	Updated