Date:	Monday 15 March 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:	227 OCU RAF
Registration:	TW573
MSN:	2453
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Casterley Camp, near RAF Upavon, Pewsey, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire
Destination airport:	Casterley Camp, near RAF Upavon, Wiltshire

Narrative:
Auster AOP.6 TW573, 227 OCU RAF; Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15-3-1948. Overshot landing at Casterley Camp, near RAF Upavon, Wiltshire. The pilot failed to close the throttle properly, and the aircraft touched down close to the end of the strip. As he was 'running out of runway', the pilot applied the brakes too harshly, and the Auster tipped onto its nose.

Damage initially thought repairable (Cat. 3) but re-cat 5(scrap) and struck off charge 14-2-1949

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.380
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 227 OCU RAF ORB for the period 1-4-47 to 30-4-48: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1633: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101343
5. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAC_Middle_Wallop#RAF_/_RNAS_use

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
22-Feb-2012 13:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
04-Dec-2018 09:10	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
06-Aug-2020 08:55	soucek56	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator]