Date:	Tuesday 8 February 1949
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	29 Sqn RAF
Registration:	RL231
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn West Malling, Maidstone, Kent, England. -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF West Malling, Kent
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Mosquito RL231: Takeoff for a Training flight. 08/02/1949
The port engine of Mosquito RL231 cut out on take-off because of failure on the constant speed unit Teleflex control. The incident occurred when the aircraft had lifted off the runway at RAF West Malling, but had only attained an altitude of 10 feet agl. The pilot had no option but initiate an immediate "straight ahead" landing, retracting the undercarriage when the aircraft ran off the end of the runway. The Mosquito eventually slid to a halt on its belly.
Crew:
P.IV (3001059) Denis Arthur Hubert MORTIMER (pilot) RAF - Ok

Pilot who was relatively inexperienced on flying the DH Mosquito, was commended for his quick thinking and appropriate actions during the incident

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.472
3.Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4.ORB 29 Sqdn RAF : National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2406/3: 5.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8419463
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._29_Squadron_RAF#Post-war
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Malling#Night_fighters,_1950s_and_1960s

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Feb-2014 13:55	Nepa	Added
29-Jul-2014 15:03	Jixon	Updated [Location, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 10:44	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
15-Jun-2019 19:45	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
07-Feb-2022 23:34	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]