Date:	Tuesday 23 August 1949
Time:	day
Type:	de Havilland DH.103 Hornet F Mk 3
Owner/operator:	41 Sqn RAF
Registration:	PX333
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	River Ouse, 1 mile East of Acaster Malbis, North Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Linton on Ouse, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire

Narrative:
DeHavilland Hornet F,3 PX333. 41 Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23 August 1949 when crashed into the river Ouse one mile east of Acaster Malbis, North Yorkshire.

The pilot was engaged in asymmetric flying training with the starboard engine feathered. A descent towards base (RAF Linton-on-Ouse) was begun, but the port engine began to lose power; the pilot then attempted to unfeather the starboard engine. but it would not restart. Seeing a disused airfield below (the former RAF Acaster Malbis) the pilot decided to make a "wheels up" landing there, and lowed the flaps to make an approach. However, the aircraft's airspeed was too high and the aircraft "floated" above the runway (which was heavily obstructed in any case, having been closed to flying in February 1946). The aircraft therefore overshot the runway at RAF Acaster Malbis, went through the perimeter hedge, and came to a halt embedded into the far bank of the river Ouse.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Final Landings - A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings p.525
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._41_Squadron_RAF#Post_War,_1946%E2%80%932006
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Acaster_Malbis

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