Narrative:
Upon gear retraction after takeoff from Changi Airport, the airplane pitched up steeply and the elevators jammed. The Valetta was nearly stalling when the pilot quickly closed the throttles. The aircraft descended nose down and power was added. The pilot managed to regain enough control of the aircraft to perform a ditching off the airport.
Ditching
» Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
» UK Serials
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 2 January 1952 |
| Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VW185 |
| MSN: | 341 |
| First flight: | 1949-01-17 (3 years) |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Singapore-Changi RAF Station ( Singapore)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Singapore-Changi RAF Station, Singapore |
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Upon gear retraction after takeoff from Changi Airport, the airplane pitched up steeply and the elevators jammed. The Valetta was nearly stalling when the pilot quickly closed the throttles. The aircraft descended nose down and power was added. The pilot managed to regain enough control of the aircraft to perform a ditching off the airport.
Classification:
Elevator issue Ditching
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
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