Narrative:
The Varsity was engaged in a single engine training flight when the propeller on the working engine was accidently feathered. The aircraft crash-landed.
It was serving with RAF No.2 Air Navigation School.
» The Vickers Varsity / Roger Lindsay and Geoff Cruickshank, 1987
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 11 July 1955 |
| Type: | Vickers Varsity T.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ904 |
| MSN: | 625 |
| First flight: | 1952 |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 7,2 km (4.5 mls) N of Thorney Island RAF Station ( United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Thorney Island RAF Station, United Kingdom |
| Thorney Island RAF Station, United Kingdom |
The Varsity was engaged in a single engine training flight when the propeller on the working engine was accidently feathered. The aircraft crash-landed.
It was serving with RAF No.2 Air Navigation School.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley» The Vickers Varsity / Roger Lindsay and Geoff Cruickshank, 1987
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