Accident Vickers Valetta C.1 VW164,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335578
 

Date:Monday 30 June 1952
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic vltt model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Valetta C.1
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: VW164
MSN: 334
Year of manufacture:1948
Engine model:Bristol Hercules 230
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT) -   Sudan
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
An engine surge in the no. 1 engine forced the crew to abort the takeoff. At the end of the runway the Valetta ran into a hole. It swerved and hit a house.

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
UK Serials

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