Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 MAR 1954 |
| Type: | Vickers Varsity T.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WF386 |
| C/n / msn: | 545 |
| First flight: | 1951 |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,6 km (1 mls) N of Swinderby RAF Station (United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Swinderby RAF Station (EGXS), United Kingdom |
The Varsity contacted a tree during an attempted overshoot at RAF Swinderby at night. The airplane crashed and caught fire.
It was serving with RAF 201 AFS.
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.
