Date:	Tuesday 19 June 1956
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:	663 Sqn RAF
Registration:	TW530
MSN:	1836
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	1 mile South of RAF St Athan, Glamorgan, South Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF St. Athan, Glamorgan, South Wales
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Auster AOP.6 TW530: Prototype Auster AOP.6, first flown 1/5/45. Sole RAF service career was with 663 Squadron coded "Q".

Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19/6/56: Aircraft lost its propeller on take off from RAF St Athan, Glamorgan, South Wales. The aircraft force-landed into a field and hit a hedge one mile south of the airfield. No injuries reported to the crew of two, but the aircraft was deemed "beyond economic repair" and Struck off Charge as Cat.5(c) later in June 1956.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.180 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 52)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.149
4. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auster_AOP.6#Auster_AOP.6
5. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=1729
6. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
7. http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.com/2009/06/events-for-19th-june.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
21-Feb-2012 23:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
15-Aug-2012 08:35	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
21-Jun-2020 21:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]