Date:	Wednesday 14 July 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk XVI
Owner/operator:	231 OCU RAF
Registration:	PF602
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Coningsby

Narrative:
Mosquito PF602: Took off for training flight, 14/07/1948.
During return on approach to RAF Coningsby, the pilot selected "undercarriage down", and it was confirmed as being "down and locked". During the final approach to RAF Coningsby, the pilot selected full landing flaps, but then re-selected "undercarriage down" as a security check. However, the pilot did not appreciate that, on the Mosquito, this action would keep the undercarriage lowered, but NOT locked. Thus, immediately on touchdown at RAF Coningsby, the undercarriage collapsed, and the Mosquito slid along the runway on its belly sustaining severe damage to the underside of the aircraft.
Crew: ???? Ok

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 231 OCU RAF National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1638:
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101348
4. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
5. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 p 411
6. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-1949-incident-logs.php#1948
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._231_Operational_Conversion_Unit_RAF#Operational_history

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
31-Aug-2013 21:38	JINX	Added
30-Sep-2013 12:05	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants]
26-May-2014 18:54	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative]
07-Jun-2014 12:28	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport]
31-Jul-2015 10:58	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
02-Apr-2019 17:07	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
17-Aug-2021 10:02	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
18-Nov-2021 21:56	Nepa	Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]
14-May-2022 19:04	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]