Date: | Sunday 17 May 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | VW810 |
MSN: | 371 |
Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 230 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 22 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA) -
Malta
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shortly after lifting off the runway, the captain encountered severe jamming of the ailerons. The airplane, in a slight right wing down attitude, was landed back on the grass besides the runway. To avoid a collision with the runway caravan the landing gear was retracted. But of no avail as the left wing hit the caravan and was torn off. The aircraft came to rest and caught fire.
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 Location
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