Date:	Tuesday 5 March 1957
Time:	11:00
Type:	Blackburn Beverley C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	XH117
MSN:	1023
Year of manufacture:	1956
Engine model:	Bristol Centaurus 173
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 22
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Sutton Wick -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Abingdon RAF Station (ABB/EGUD)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
About 30 minutes after departing from RAF Abingdon, fuel starvation occurred. The Beverley crashed into a farm, killing two people on the ground. It appeared that a valve in the fuel system had been installed backwards, causing fuel starvation early in the flight.

BAAA-ACRO
Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
UK Serials Resource Centre

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