Accident
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 16 MRZ 1956 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Vickers Varsity T.1 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | WF388 |
| Werknummer: | 547 |
| 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: | Landung (LDG) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | ? |
| Thorney Island RAF Station, Großbritannien |
The airplane undershot the runway on landing, causing the wheels to separate from the undercarriage legs.
The Varsity was serving with RAF 2 ANS (Air Navigation School).
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.
