Accident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI HR199, Wednesday 24 September 1947
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Date:Wednesday 24 September 1947
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI
Owner/operator:10 MU RAF
Registration: HR199
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF stn Hullavington, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Hullavington, Wiltshire
Destination airport:RAF Hullavington
Narrative:
Mosquito HR199: Took off of test flight. 24/09/1947
At the completion of the sortie, and upon return to base the pilot could not get the undercarriage of the Mosquito to lower and lock down. After trying all the required procedures to correct this (including "cycling" the undercarriage by raising and lowering it), the pilot was left with no other option but to make a wheels-up belly landing at RAF Hullavington. The damage Cat. E(FA).
Crew: ???? Ok.

Sources:

1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2. ORB 10 MU RAF.
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101171
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Maintenance_units
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hullavington#Royal_Air_Force

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Apr-2010 22:07 Nepa Added
02-Mar-2012 11:52 Nepa Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
12-Jun-2014 21:47 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
31-Jul-2015 16:55 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ]
03-Apr-2019 15:30 Nepa Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]
20-Aug-2021 21:56 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
30-Aug-2022 19:34 Nepa Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ]
08-May-2023 17:29 Dr. John Smith Updated
08-May-2023 18:21 Nepa Updated

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