Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 11 JUL 1955 |
| Type: | Vickers Varsity T.1 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registratie: | WJ904 |
| Constructienummer: | 625 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1952 |
| Motoren: | 2 Bristol Hercules 264 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | 7,2 km (4.5 mijl) N of Thorney Island RAF Station (Verenigd Koninkrijk) |
| Fase: | Onbekend (UNK) |
| Soort vlucht: | Militair |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Thorney Island RAF Station, Verenigd Koninkrijk |
| Thorney Island RAF Station, Verenigd Koninkrijk |
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.
Bronnen:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» The Vickers Varsity / Roger Lindsay and Geoff Cruickshank, 1987
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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.
