Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 JUN 1957 |
| Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VW165 |
| C/n / msn: | 335 |
| First flight: | 1948-12-29 (8 years 6 months) |
| 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: | Beihan Airport (BHN) (Yemen) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Beihan Airport (BHN/ODAB), Yemen |
The Valetta stalled on finals and hit the ground. The tailwheel collapsed.
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.
