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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Varisty T.1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ938 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nicosia Airport (NIC) -
 Cyprus
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Nicosia Airport (NIC/LCNC) |
During taxiing the nosewheel steering failed. The pilot informed ATC and continued to taxy using differential braking. He attempted a double bend, but then the brakes failed. The Varsity left the taxiway and ran into some parked fuel tankers.
It was serving with RAF Advanced Flying School.
Sources:
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
The Vickers Varsity / Roger Lindsay and Geoff Cruickshank, 1987
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