Date:	Thursday 28 February 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	1660 HCU RAF
Registration:	PB900
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire

Narrative:
Avro Lancaster B. Mk. I PB900, 1600 HCU (Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28 February 1946 when the tail wheel began to "shimmy", and then collapsed on landing at RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire. The aircraft swung off runway and rear fuselage damaged. (One source - see link #6) states that the Lancaster caught fire. Not repaired, and struck off charge as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E). All six-crew safe

According to the Aircraft Movement Record Card (Air Ministry Form AM.78), the history of Lancaster PB900 was as follows...

18-12-44: Delivered to the RAF at 32 MU St. Athan, and taken on charge.
31-12-44: Delivered to 97 Squadron, RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
01-02-46: Transferred to 1660 HCU, RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
28-02-46: Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E) as described above
18-03-46: Struck off Charge as Cat. E, and authorised to be broken up as scrap and components

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.33. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. The Lancaster File (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
4. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.85
5. Aircraft Movement Record Card (Air Ministry Form AM.78) for Lancaster PB900: http://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/PB838-PB927/mobile/index.html
6. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1946
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=%20PB900
8. https://www.avro-lancaster.info/pbseries/PB900
9. http://www.raf-lincolnshire.info/1660hcu/1660hcu.htm
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conversion_units_of_the_Royal_Air_Force
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Swinderby

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Aug-2013 04:29	JINX	Added
02-Nov-2018 18:09	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
04-Nov-2019 23:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Nov-2019 10:31	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
10-Nov-2019 20:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
12-Nov-2019 22:28	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]
16-Jun-2021 21:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
17-Jun-2021 07:56	Repac	Updated [Operator, Operator]
18-Jun-2021 23:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
19-Jun-2021 08:08	Kulich	Updated [Operator, Operator]
12-Jul-2023 19:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]