Date:	Wednesday 29 July 1953
Time:
Type:	Vickers Valetta C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	VW180
MSN:	336
Year of manufacture:	1948
Engine model:	Bristol Hercules 230
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Fayid RAF Station -   Egypt
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fayid RAF Station
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The Valetta's tail wheel jack fractured on takeoff causing a loss of hydraulics fluid. The undercarriage could not be locked down and was hanging free as the crew carried out a forced landing.

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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