Date:	Friday 3 June 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Anson C.19
Owner/operator:	2 FP RAF
Registration:	VM383
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Portsmouth Airport, Hilsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Portsmouth Airport, Hampshire

Narrative:
Avro Anson C.19 VM383, 2 FP (Ferry Pool) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 3-6-1949 in a landing accident at Portsmouth Airport, Hilsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire

The aircraft was landing in conditions of restricted visibility and heavy rain on a wet runway. The aircraft's brakes proved to be ineffective, and the aircraft ran off the end of the runway, and come to a halt on an electrified railway line near Hilsea Railway Station.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings - A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings p.502
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 69)
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 40)
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VM
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilsea_railway_station
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Airport_(Hampshire)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Mar-2023 16:57	Dr. John Smith	Added