Date:	Monday 15 November 1948
Time:
Type:	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito NF Mk 36
Owner/operator:	264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration:	RK978
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF stn Acklington, Amble, Northumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Coltishall, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland

Narrative:
Mosquito RK978: Took off for a Training flight. 15/11/1948.
The Mosquito was making a controlled descent to RAF Acklington, Amble, Northumberland, using the QGH (controlled descent through cloud) procedures in poor visibility. However, the pilot touched down on the runway at RAF Acklington over half way along the runway length. With inadequate runway left in which to stop, the Mosquito overshot the end of the runway and ran into a ditch. Both crew survived with only slight injuries
Crew:
F/O (????) NICHOLS (pilot) RAF - injured
???? (nav.) RAF - Ok

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. ORB 264 Sqn RAF 5.: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2490/1
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8422567
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._264_Squadron_RAF#Postwar_operations
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Acklington#Postwar_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Feb-2014 08:56	Nepa	Added
31-Jul-2014 12:30	Nick Slaughter	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
04-Jan-2015 15:21	Giggs	Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
26-Jul-2015 11:04	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative]
02-May-2019 20:44	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator]
17-Aug-2021 22:15	SF	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Operator]
12-Nov-2021 18:19	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]
08-Aug-2022 07:28	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator]