Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | 19 JAN 1953 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Vickers Varisty T.1 |
| Compagnie: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Immatriculation: | WF420 |
| Numéro de série: | 700 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1952 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Swinderby RAF Station (Royaume Uni) |
| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | ? |
| Swinderby RAF Station (EGXS), Royaume Uni |
The Varsity was approaching RAF Swinderby in misty conditions. The aircraft was high on the approach as it passed the Outer Marker at 750 feet instead of 600 feet. The pilot increased the rate of descent, but could not timely arrest the descent. He advanced the power levers in an attempt to go around, but the airplane impacted the ground short of the runway.
The airplane was serving with RAF 201 AFS.
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
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