ASN Aircraft accident Vickers Valetta C.1 VW187 Entebbe Airport (EBB)
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Date:Thursday 29 March 1951
Type:Silhouette image of generic vltt model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
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)
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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