ASN Aircraft accident Vickers Valetta C.2 VX575 Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA)
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Date:Wednesday 16 December 1953
Type:Silhouette image of generic vltt model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers Valetta C.2
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: VX575
MSN:
First flight: 1950
Engines: 2 Bristol Hercules 230
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:8 km (5 mls) NNW of Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA) (   Malta)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML), Malta
Destination airport:Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML), Malta
Narrative:
Vickers Valetta VX575 departed Malta-Luqa Airport on a test flight when suddenly at a height of about 50 feet the no. 2 propeller oversped. The pilot attempted to feather the prop, but these attempts failed. He tried to return to the airport, but the aircraft could not maintain height. A forced belly landing was carried out outside the airport. The airplane caught fire.

Classification:
Gear-up landing
Forced landing outside airport

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
» Aviation in Malta


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