Date:	Friday 25 March 1949
Time:	day
Type:	North American Harvard T Mk 2B
Owner/operator:	22 FTS RAF
Registration:	KF319
MSN:	14A-2120
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire
Destination airport:	RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire

Narrative:
North American Harvard T.2B KF319, 'FCJ-H', 22 FTS, RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 25 March 1949 in a landing accident at RAF Newton

The pilot was making an approach to RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire using instruments only. However, he touched down too far along the runway, and the aircraft was unable to stop before running off the end of the runway, and colliding with an air raid shelter.

The Instructor Pilot failed to take control of the aircraft, and, due to the intercom being switched to 'on' at the time, the Instructor and Pilot Under Training were unable to communicate with each other. Both crew were uninjured, but the aircraft was a write off

RAF Newton was the Relief Landing Ground for No. 22 FTS between 1 February 1948 and 15 November 1951.

1. Broken Wings Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. James J. Halley. Published by Air-Britain, 1999
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings (p 488)
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamblin, Air Britain, 1988 p.119)
4. 22 FTS ORB 1-2-48 to 31-12-50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1820: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101530
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Newton#Post-war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Mar-2023 00:42	Dr. John Smith	Added