Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 23 MAI 1955 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | VW834 |
| Werknummer: | 395 |
| Baujahr: | 1949-07-13 (5 years 11 months) |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Fayid RAF Station (Ägypten) |
| Flugphase: | Landung (LDG) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | ? |
| Fayid RAF Station, Ägypten |
One of the main undercarriage legs failed to lock down and subsequently collapsed on touchdown.
Informationsquelle:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» UK Serials
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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.
