Date:	Thursday 16 January 1947
Time:
Type:	North American Harvard T Mk 2B
Owner/operator:	3 FTS RAF
Registration:	KF489
MSN:	14A-2290
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Feltwell, 10 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk
Destination airport:

Narrative:
North American Harvard T.2b KF489 [MSN 14A-2290], 3 FTS RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16 January 1947 in a take-off accident at RAF Feltwell, 10 miles west of Thetford, Norfolk, England.

During the take-off run at RAF Feltwell, the pilot prematurely selected undercarriage 'up' before the aircraft was safely airborne. The undercarriage wads damaged, and the aircraft sank back onto the ground, making a 'wheels up' belly landing. Aircraft written off as Cat. E(FA), but the pilot seems to have survived unscathed.

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.262
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988)
4. ORB 3 FTS RAF 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1812:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101522
5. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=KF489
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._3_Flying_Training_School_RAF#Second_formation
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Feltwell#Royal_Air_Force_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2023 18:41	Dr. John Smith	Added
22-May-2023 18:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated
23-May-2023 16:52	Nepa	Updated