Date:	Monday 19 May 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Anson T Mk 21
Owner/operator:	3 ANS RAF
Registration:	VV972
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1/2 mile east of Bishops Court, County Down, Northern Ireland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bishops Court, Northern Ireland
Destination airport:	RAF Bishops Court, Northern Ireland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Anson T.Mk.21 VV972/"Q", 3 ANS (Air Navigation Scgool), RAF: delivered 4/10/1949. Written off 19/05/1952 when lost height on overshoot and belly landed half a mile east of RAF Bishops Court, County Down, Northern Ireland. The crew was completing a local training mission. On final approach, the pilot-in-command decided to attempt a go around when the aircraft stalled and crashed while the aircraft was attempting to land straight ahead. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was written off.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. 128. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 249
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 150)
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
16-Apr-2012 23:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
11-Oct-2013 08:25	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
07-Mar-2021 22:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
08-Mar-2021 15:47	INV	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]