Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 12 APR 1954 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers Varsity T.1 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | WF428 |
| Werknummer: | 570 |
| Baujahr: | 1952 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Thorney Island RAF Station (Großbritannien) |
| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | ? |
| Thorney Island RAF Station, Großbritannien |
During a single engine approach the remaining engine lost power. The Varsity undershot the runway.
It was serving with RAF 2 ANS.
Informationsquelle:
» 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.
