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| 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: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Choma Airport (FLCH) -
 Zambia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Livingstone Airport (LVI/FLLI) |
| Ndola Airport (NLA/FLND) |
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.
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
UK Serials
Images:
photo (c) Kai Hansen; Choma Airport (/FLCH); 1951
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