Date:	Wednesday 8 September 1948
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:	657 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TW566
MSN:	1927
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile S of Little Orme Head (Pen-y-Gogarth), Llandudno, North Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Little Orme Head (Pen-y-Gogarth), Llandudno, North Wales
Destination airport:	RAF Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales

Narrative:
Auster AOP6 TW566, 657 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8-9-48 when hit hedge on take-off and crashed one mile south of Little Orme Head, Pen-y-Gogarth, Llandudno, North Wales

The aircraft was taking off in conditions of little or no wind from an airstrip of 230 yards in length, with two persons on board. The Auster finally became airborne after travelling 170 yards along the airstrip, but did not gain any altitude, and did not climb away, despite application of additional flap. The Auster went through the tops of the boundary hedge at very low altitude, and then crashed into the field beyond, overturning on impact with the ground.

The Little Orme (Welsh: Rhiwledyn, also known as Trwyn-y-Fuwch, Trwyn-y-Gogarth and Y Gogarth Fach) is 141 metres (463 ft) in height, and is a HuMP (having a minimum Hundred Metre Prominence). It is one of two headlands situated at either end of Llandudno Bay, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The other, larger, headland is the Great Orme. It has two summits, the higher with a trig point.

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.427
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 657 Sqn RAF ORB for the period 1-5-47 to 31-12-50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/2534: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505172
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._657_Squadron_RAF#History
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orme

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
22-Feb-2012 16:47	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
13-Aug-2012 02:18	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]