Date:	Thursday 10 April 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk XIV
Owner/operator:	201 AFS RAF
Registration:	PG393
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
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:
Vickers Wellington Mk. XIV PG393, 201 AFS (Advanced Flying school), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10 April 1947 when crash landed at RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire

The aircraft was being flown at night with the port engine feathered. The Wellington had already made two pervious circuits of RAF Swinderby, including a missed approach caused by the runway in use being changed at the last minute, due to the wind veering from a different direction.

The emergency air bottle on board the aircraft failed, and the undercarriage would not lock down. The Wellington then made a wheels-up landing at RAF Swinderby. The aircraft was written off as Cat. E(FA), but the four crew were uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.61. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.289
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 201 AFS RAF ORB for the period 1-4-1947 to 31121950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1989/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162797
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1947
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Swinderby#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Sep-2013 01:56	JINX	Added
27-Apr-2015 20:02	Don Diego	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport]
27-Apr-2017 18:59	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Oct-2018 20:58	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
20-Nov-2019 00:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
20-Nov-2019 00:56	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
27-Nov-2019 11:48	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
19-May-2023 19:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]]