Date:	Tuesday 14 April 1953
Time:	day
Type:	North American AT-16 Harvard T.2B
Owner/operator:	Oxford UAS RAF
Registration:	FX207
MSN:	14A-1510
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Noorduyn AT-16-ND ex-USAAF 43-34624 (MSN 14A-1510) Delivered to RAF as Harvard IIb FX207. To No 2 Flying Instructor School, Montrose, Scotland April 1945. To No 7 Flying Instructor School, Upavon, Pewsey, Wiltshire July 1945. To Central Flying School, Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire January 1947. To No 7 Service Flying Training School June 1947. To No 608 (North Riding) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Thornaby, Yorkshire July 1948 coded "RAO-T" later "6T-T". To Cambridge University Air Squadron, Teversham, Cambridgeshire June 1952. To Oxford University Air Squadron, Kidlington, Oxfordshire August 1952.

Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crash landed at RAF Kidlington, Oxfordshire 14 April 1953. The aircraft 'bounced' on landing at Kidlington, and so the pilot opened up the throttle to overshoot and take off again, so as to initiate another circuit and landing. However, he opened up the throttle too quickly, and the engine did not respond.

The pilot then attempted to correct his error by closing the throttle, and then opening it up again, but more slowly. However, this action was too late to prevent the aircraft from swinging sharply to port, during which time, the port wing struck the ground and the aircraft cartwheeled.

Although the Harvard was written off (damaged beyond economic repair) the pilot appears to have survived uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.144 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 360
3. The Harvard File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 1988 p.104)
4. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1943_2.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Jun-2018 17:29	A.J. Scholten	Updated [Cn]
24-Apr-2021 17:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Apr-2021 17:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
24-Apr-2021 21:21	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
30-Apr-2021 01:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date]