Date:	Monday 4 February 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Taylorcraft Auster AOP.V
Owner/operator:	3 FPP (Ferry Pilots Pool) RAF
Registration:	RT577
MSN:	1218
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire

Narrative:
Auster AOP.5 RT577, 3 FPP (Ferry Pilots Pool) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when blown over while taxying at RAF Aston Down, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire on 4/2/1946. The aircraft had stopped at the end of the runway after completing its landing run. The aircraft then began to taxi off the runway, when it was hit by a sudden gust of wind, which tipped the aircraft over onto its back. The pilot - Flight Lieutenant F D O'Brien - was uninjured.

Aircraft written off (damaged beyond repair) although wreckage reportedly sold for spare parts

Aston Down is in Gloucestershire, South West England, 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) east of Minchinhampton, 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Stroud and 7 miles (11 km) west of Cirencester. The nearest settlement is the large village of Chalford, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the northwest.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.29 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.60
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1109
4. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.95: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=RT577
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Down#Post_Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
03-Dec-2012 04:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
30-May-2013 16:14	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
07-Jul-2014 06:20	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Location, Nature]
19-Nov-2018 19:54	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
08-Jun-2021 19:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Jul-2023 16:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]
18-Jul-2023 01:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[[Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]]