Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 16 DIC 1953 |
| Tipo: | Vickers Valetta C.2 |
| Operador: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registración: | VX575 |
| Numéro de série: | |
| Año de Construcción: | 1950 |
| Motores: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 8 km (5 milles) NNW of Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA) (Malta)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML), Malta |
| Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML), Malta |
Vickers Valetta VX575 departed Malta-Luqa Airport on a test flight when suddenly at a height of about 50 feet the nr.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.
Fuentes:
» 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
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Malta-Luqa Airport to Malta-Luqa Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Malta-Luqa Airport to Malta-Luqa Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
