Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 JAN 1959 |
| Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VW817 |
| C/n / msn: | 378 |
| First flight: | 1949-06-30 (9 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Firq (Oman) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Firq Airport (OOFQ), Oman |
The airplane lost directional control after a tyre burst on landing. The Valetta tipped up.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» UK Serials
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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.
