Date:	Thursday 1 May 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Auster AOP.6
Owner/operator:	664 Sqn/1964 (Reserve) AOP Flt RAF
Registration:	VW997
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Auster AOP.6 VW997, 664 Squadron/1964 (Reserve) AOP Flight RAF: delivered 31/08/1948. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/5/1952 when overturned on landing at RAF Yeadon, West Yorkshire. The aircraft landed with the handbrake "on", causing the aircraft to nose over. Of the two crew on board, the pilot was injured, but the passenger escaped without injuries.

Returned to Auster Aircraft Ltd., at Rearsby, Leicestershire for repairs, but deemed "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) 2/7/1952.

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4. p 125)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.243
4. http://austerhg.org/prod_list/pages.php?page=4209
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VW
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._664_Squadron_RAF#Post-war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-May-2008 11:10	ASN archive	Added
22-Feb-2012 13:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
13-Aug-2012 01:51	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport]
27-Feb-2021 22:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
27-Feb-2021 22:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
12-Mar-2021 09:33	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]