Date: | Tuesday 11 March 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Varsity T.1 |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | WF373 |
MSN: | 532 |
Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 264 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Swinderby RAF Station -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Swinderby RAF Station (EGXS) |
Narrative:The Varsity was on final approach to RAF Swinderby when the pilot decided to attempt an overshoot from a height of 200 feet. On the application of power, the no. 2 engine failed. The airplane climbed steeply to about 400 feet and then dived into the ground.
The airplane was serving with RAF 201 AFS.
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
Walter Sanson
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