Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 04 MAY 1951 |
| Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VW828 |
| C/n / msn: | 389 |
| First flight: | 1949-06-21 (1 year 11 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Dishforth RAF Station (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Dishforth RAF Station (EGXD), United Kingdom |
The Valetta undershot the runway and struck a light pole while attempting to land at RAF Dishforth at night.
Events:
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
» David Garbett (E-mail, 10-3-2011)
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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.
