Date:	Tuesday 4 November 1952
Time:
Type:	Vickers Varsity T.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	WF324
MSN:	516
Year of manufacture:	1951
Engine model:	Bristol Hercules 264
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Wigsley RAF Station -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Wigsley RAF Station
Destination airport:	Wigsley RAF Station

Narrative:
The Varsity was used for a training flight out of RAF Wigsley when the student pilot held off too high just prior to landing. The subsequent touchdown was very heavy. The left wing broke off as a result. The airplane swung off the runway.

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

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