Date:	Sunday 24 June 1951
Time:
Type:	Vickers Valetta C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	VX498
MSN:
Year of manufacture:	1950
Engine model:	Bristol Hercules 230
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Choma Airport (FLCH) -   Zambia
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Livingstone Airport (LVI/FLLI)
Destination airport:	Ndola Airport (NLA/FLND)

Narrative:
The Valetta attempted to land at Choma following an engine failure. The aircraft could not be brought to a stop on the runway and overran. It impacted an ant hill, which caused the undercarriage to collapse.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
UK Serials

photo (c) Kai Hansen; Choma Airport (/FLCH); 1951

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