Date:	Monday 27 July 1953
Time:
Type:	Handley Page Hastings C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	TG564
MSN:	HP67/55
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG) -   Hong Kong
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH)

Narrative:
The Hastings encountered windshear on finals, causing the undercarriage to strike a hut just short of the runway threshold. The aircraft then crashed next to the runway and caught fire.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Hastings Bangs and Prangs and Splashes and Crashes
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings

Date/time	Contributor	Updates