ASN Aircraft accident Vickers Varsity T.1 WF324 Wigsley RAF Station
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Date:Tuesday 4 November 1952
Type:Silhouette image of generic vars model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers Varsity T.1
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: WF324
MSN: 516
First flight: 1951
Engines: 2 Bristol Hercules 264
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Wigsley RAF Station (   United Kingdom)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Wigsley RAF Station, United Kingdom
Destination airport:Wigsley RAF Station, United Kingdom
Narrative:
The Varsity was used for a training flight out of RAF Wigsley when the student pilot held off too high just prior to landing. The subsequent touchdown was very heavy. The left wing broke off as a result. The airplane swung off the runway.

Classification:
Heavy landing
Runway mishap

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


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