Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 JAN 1954 |
| Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VL282 |
| C/n / msn: | 309 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3,2 km (2 mls) SSW of Lyneham-RAF Station (LYE) (United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lyneham RAF Station (LYE/EGDL), United Kingdom |
| ? |
Elevator control failed after takeoff, causing the Valetta to climb steeply and crash.
Events:
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» David Garbett (E-mail, 10-3-2011)
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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.
