Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 AUG 1955 |
| Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VW140 |
| C/n / msn: | 310 |
| First flight: | 1948-07-22 (7 years ) |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3,2 km (2 mls) N of Fayid RAF Station (Egypt) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Fayid RAF Station, Egypt |
The Valetta belly landed after an engine fire warning failed during a single-engine overshoot.
Sources:
» 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.
