Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 29 March 1951 |
Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | VW187 |
MSN: | 343 |
First flight: | 1949-01-25 (2 years 2 months) |
Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Entebbe Airport (EBB) ( Uganda)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN), Uganda |
Narrative:An engine failure forced the crew to abort the takeoff. The Valetta could not be stopped on the runway and overshot.
Classification:
Rejected takeoff
Runway excursion
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
» 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.