Date:	Tuesday 3 June 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Anson T Mk 21
Owner/operator:	6 ANS RAF
Registration:	WJ546
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Anson T.Mk.21 WJ546/"Y", 6 ANS (Air Navigation School), RAF: delivered 26/2/1952 (15th from last Avro Anson delivered to the RAF - the "last one" was WJ561). Written off 3/6/1952 when crashed at RAF Lichfield, Fradley, Staffordshire.

The aircraft was making an asymmetric (single engine) approach to RAF Lichfield, but the pilot selected "full flap" too early, and did not make allowance for the prevailing cross winds. When the pilot realised that an undershoot on approach was probable, he failed to open the throttles to increase power on the sole "live" engine, which would have compensated for the increased rate of sink. As far as is known, there were no reported casualties or injuries to the crew as a result of this accident

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.129 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.252
4. The Anson File (Ray Strurivant, Air Britain, 1988 p.151)
5. 6 ANS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1952 to 31/12/1953: National Archives (PRO Kew) AIR 29/2300/4 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163213
6. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WJ
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-t21-raf-lichfield
8. http://www.raf-lichfield.co.uk/other_raf_lichfield_units.htm
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lichfield
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fradley#Fradley_Aerodrome/RAF_Lichfield
11. https://www.fradleyheritagegroup.co.uk/fradley-history-society/raf-lichfield/newspaper-clippings/
12. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/nwcrashes1945-52.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Jun-2008 14:56	JINX	Added
17-Apr-2012 13:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Dec-2018 22:19	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
09-Mar-2021 18:30	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Mar-2021 09:44	Zoule	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator]
10-Mar-2021 13:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
10-Mar-2021 17:10	Zoule	Updated [Operator, Operator]