Accident
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 03 MRZ 1952 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | VW153 |
| Werknummer: | 323 |
| Baujahr: | 1948-11-04 (3 years 4 months) |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 26 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Butterworth RAF Station (BWH) (Malaysia) |
| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Butterworth RAF Station (BWH/WMKB), Malaysia |
| ? |
Shortly after takeoff from RAF Butterworth, a nr.1 engine fire warning forced the crew to return to the airport. They shut down the engine. The Valetta lost altitude in the turn back towards the runway and contacted palm trees. It crashed onto the runway.
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
» UK Serials
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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.
