Date:	Tuesday 17 July 1951
Time:
Type:	Vickers Valetta C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	VW824
MSN:	385
Year of manufacture:	1949
Engine model:	Bristol Hercules 230
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Fayid RAF Station -   Egypt
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fayid RAF Station
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Valetta departed RAF Fayid, but soon after takeoff a propeller ran away. The prop could not be feathered and the crew decided to return to the airport. An emergency belly landing was made.

David Garbett (E-mail, 10-3-2011)
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

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