Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 04 NOV 1952 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers Varsity T.1 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | WF324 |
| Werknummer: | 516 |
| Baujahr: | 1951 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Wigsley RAF Station (Großbritannien) |
| Flugphase: | Landung (LDG) |
| Betriebsart: | Militärischer Trainingsflug |
| Flug von: | Wigsley RAF Station, Großbritannien |
| Wigsley RAF Station, Großbritannien |
The Varsity was used for a training flight out of RAF Wigsley when the student pilot held off too high just prior to landing. The subsequent touchdown was very heavy. The left wing broke off as a result. The airplane swung off 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
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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.
