Incident Auster AOP.6 TW572,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144014
 
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Date:Tuesday 14 April 1959
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic AUS6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:652 Sqn AAC
Registration: TW572
MSN: 1948
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bunde ALG -   Germany
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Bunde ALG, Germany
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Swung to starboard on take off from Bunde air strip, West Germany. The pilot over-corrected and it swung violently to port, struck a fence and ran into a ditch

The same aircraft had previously been involved in a crash on 11/8/1953, when with the RAF Light Aircraft School, it had overturned landing Middle Wallop.

Sources:

http://www.auster.ukf.net/p19.htm
www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm
http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1840
http://web.archive.org/web/20130717113810/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com:80/hancrash.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Feb-2012 20:02 Dr. John Smith Added
25-Sep-2012 02:19 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]

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