Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 2 May 1951 |
Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | VW156 |
MSN: | 326 |
First flight: | 1948-11-11 (2 years 6 months) |
Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 3,2 km (2 mls) NNW of Fayid ( Egypt)
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Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Fayid RAF Station, Egypt |
Destination airport: | Fayid RAF Station, Egypt |
Narrative:The Valetta crashed during a parachute drop demonstration of a military container from 800 feet. The parachute deployed over the top of the port tail plane causing the aircraft to immediately bank and dive into the ground.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» 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
» Roy Selwyn
» David Garbett (E-mail, 10-3-2011)
Follow-up / safety actions
The roller conveyor method of dropping supplies was a factor in this accident and was rarely used afterwards.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.