Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JAN 1954 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: | Vickers Valetta T.3 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ474 |
| C/n / msn: | 599 |
| First flight: | 1952-04-22 (1 year 9 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Aldbury, Hertfordshire (United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bovingdon RAF Station, United Kingdom |
| Thorney Island RAF Station, United Kingdom |
Four minutes after takeoff the aircraft lost height and hit a tree during a blizzard.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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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.
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