Date: | Wednesday 16 December 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Valetta C.2 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | VX575 |
MSN: | |
Year of manufacture: | 1950 |
Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 230 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 8 km NNW of Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA) -
Malta
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) |
Destination airport: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) |
Narrative:Vickers Valetta VX575 departed Malta-Luqa Airport on a test flight when suddenly at a height of about 50 feet the no. 2 propeller oversped. The pilot attempted to feather the prop, but these attempts failed. He tried to return to the airport, but the aircraft could not maintain height. A forced belly landing was carried out outside the airport. The airplane 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 Aviation in Malta Location
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