Status: | |
Datum: | donderdag 21 september 1950 |
Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registratie: | VX499 |
Constructienummer: | 445 |
Bouwjaar: | 1950 |
Motoren: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 4 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 4 |
Schade: | Afgeschreven |
Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Plaats: | 13 km (8.1 mijl) van Aden-Khormaksar RAF Station (ADE) ( Yemen)
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Fase: | Onbekend (UNK) |
Soort vlucht: | Militair |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | ? |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Aden-Khormaksar RAF Station (ADE/ODAA), Yemen |
Beschrijving:The Valetta was practicing a single engine (asymmetric) overshoot at RAF Khormaksar when the remaining engine failed. The aircraft ditched off the coast.
Bronnen:
» 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
» David Garbett (E-mail, 10-3-2011)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.