Flugunfall 18 FEB 1951 einer Vickers Valetta C.1 VX514 - Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA)
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Datum:Sonntag 18 Februar 1951
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic vltt model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers Valetta C.1
Fluggesellschaft:Royal Air Force - RAF
Kennzeichen: VX514
Werknummer: 454
Baujahr: 1950
Triebwerk: 2 Bristol Hercules 230
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 3
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 19
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 1 / Insassen: 22
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:nahe Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA) (   Schweden)
Flugphase: Annäherung (APR)
Betriebsart:Militär
Flug von:Uppsala Air Base (ESCM), Schweden
Flug nach:Cranwell RAF Station (EGYD), Großbritannien
Unfallbericht:
The Valetta's no.2 propeller had been feathered because the engine suffered from oil problems. Also, the main radio had become unserviceable. Adding to that, smoke was seen coming from beneath the floor in the rear of the cabin. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing at Bromma Airport. Weather was poor and the airplane was not very well lined up with the runway. An overshoot was commenced, but the airplane barely climbed due to the effects of airframe icing. The pilot then made a forced belly landing in a clearing on a high ground ahead.

Informationsquelle:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
» Schenectady Gazette - Feb 19, 1951
» David Garbett (E-mail, 10-3-2011)
» The Panama American (February 22, 1951)


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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Uppsala Air Base to Cranwell RAF Station as the crow flies is 1330 km (831 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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