ASN Aircraft accident Vickers Varisty T.1 WJ938 Nicosia Airport (NIC)
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Date:Thursday 26 March 1953
Type:Silhouette image of generic vars model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers Varisty T.1
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: WJ938
MSN:
First flight: 1953
Engines: 2 Bristol Hercules 264
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Nicosia Airport (NIC) (   Cyprus)
Phase: Taxi (TXI)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Nicosia Airport (NIC/LCNC), Cyprus
Narrative:
During taxiing the nosewheel steering failed. The pilot informed ATC and continued to taxy using differential braking. He attempted a double bend, but then the brakes failed. The Varsity left the taxiway and ran into some parked fuel tankers.
It was serving with RAF Advanced Flying School.

Classification:
Damaged on the ground

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
» The Vickers Varsity / Roger Lindsay and Geoff Cruickshank, 1987


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