Date: | Monday 12 October 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | VW804 |
MSN: | 365 |
Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 230 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Aqaba Airport (AQJ) -
Jordan
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Valetta suffered an engine failure in flight. The crew were not able to contact the controller at Aqaba, so a they selected a runway which seemed right according to the wind direction calculated by the navigator. The airplane floated over the runway and could not be brought to a stop before the end of the runway. The pilot decided to raise the gear in order to prevent the airplane from overrunning the runway.
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
Images:
photo (c) Greg Gregory; Aqaba Airport; 12 October 1953
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