Date:	Saturday 11 June 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:	657 (AOP) Sqn/1901 Flt RAF
Registration:	VF638
MSN:	2839
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Sennybridge, Brecon Beacons, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire
Destination airport:	RAF Sennybridge, Brecon Beacons, Wales

Narrative:
Auster AOP.6 VF638, 657 (AOP) Squadron/1901 Flight RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11-6-49 when crashed on approach to RAF Sennybridge, Brecon Beacons, South Wales.

The pilot approached low over the airfield, which was situated on the crest of a hill, The Auster was banked in a steep turn on approach in order to line up with the runway, but the pilot did not allow sufficient power to maintain speed and altitude in the banking manoeuvre, and the aircraft flew into the ground when it was caught in a downdraught.

While the two crew on board Auster VF638 survived, AC.1 Ross, a member of ground crew, was hit by the aircraft and died of injuries very shortly afterwards.
Fatality:
AC.1 (3111675) Ronald Frederick ROSS (ground personnel) RAF: died of injuries

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.503
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VF
6. 657 (AOP) Squadron ORB for 1-5-1947 to 31-12-1950: UK National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR/27/2534: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505172
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._657_Squadron_RAF#History
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sennybridge_Training_Area

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
25-Feb-2012 14:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
13-Aug-2012 02:23	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
29-Apr-2019 15:38	MarkC	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
05-Oct-2021 18:01	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]