Status: | |
Date: | Monday 17 September 1951 |
Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | VW813 |
MSN: | 374 |
First flight: | 1949-05-03 (2 years 5 months) |
Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Loka ( South Sudan)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Vickers Valetta VW813 suffered a failure of an outer wing in turbulence. The aircraft broke up and crashed.
Classification:
Turbulence
Wing failure
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
» 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.