North of England Valetta crash
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I was on duty crash crew at RAF Leeming when the Valetta crashed just north of Leeming. I was on the foam tender and we hurtled through leeming villahd an Bar to the crash. The valetta crashed intoa field but there was no fire. Quite exciting for a 20 yearss erk.
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A copy of my Fathers accident report.....strange he was blamed for this when you read similar Valetta accidents whilst on one engine.
He was back flying within a fortnight,no duel checks or anything.
Went onto fly for the RAF for 20 years,leaving with 5000 flying hours,and then 21 years with Dan-Air.
Valetta Report | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
He was back flying within a fortnight,no duel checks or anything.
Went onto fly for the RAF for 20 years,leaving with 5000 flying hours,and then 21 years with Dan-Air.
Valetta Report | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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The remark about the crash of a Valetta on one engine reminds me of the Southall crash in 1958 where an Independent Airways Viking could not maintain height with an engine out. Was this a known weakness of the type?
The Viking had 2 x1690 hp Hercules 234 engines,and the Valetta had 2x 1975hp herc230,but a higher gross weight.
A lot depends on the situation that has led to an engine failure,and the weight/configuration of the aircraft at the time,ie is the prop feathered,u/c /flaps up,max power available.
A lot depends on the situation that has led to an engine failure,and the weight/configuration of the aircraft at the time,ie is the prop feathered,u/c /flaps up,max power available.
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The cause of the Southall accident may not be just a matter of overloading. I read somewhere that the aircraft was indeed overloaded but only by a small amount which shouldn't have been enough to make a critical difference. There were other maintenance and serviceability issues raised by the enquiry I think.
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Southall Viking Crash
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You're right, I thought I'd read more about this accident and have now re-found the following :
1958 London Vickers Viking accident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Which then in turn caused me to find :
1959 | 1877 | Flight Archive
A whole parade of lined-up holes in the Swiss cheese. I feel sorry for the crew, who must've been extremely tired and under tremendous pressure, and plus of course, the innocent victims on the ground.
You're right, I thought I'd read more about this accident and have now re-found the following :
1958 London Vickers Viking accident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Which then in turn caused me to find :
1959 | 1877 | Flight Archive
A whole parade of lined-up holes in the Swiss cheese. I feel sorry for the crew, who must've been extremely tired and under tremendous pressure, and plus of course, the innocent victims on the ground.
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This article retells the Southall crash story and adds a bit more about the parliamentary debates that followed the public enquiry
Picking through the bits
Picking through the bits
Lopty, to avoid having you posting here just to increase your post count, feel free to e-mail me the photos and I will post them here. If you click on my name, there's a link to my website. E-mail address can be found there, or in my PPRuNe profile.
