Vickers Valetta crash, Feb 26, 1952, Abingdon AFB Oxfords...
Vickers Valetta accident on February 26, 1952 near Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom with no fatalities.
- Date: February 26, 1952
- Aircraft: Vickers Valetta
- Location: Abingdon AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
During a training sortie from RAF Abingdon, the crew flew a simulated engine failure and feathered the first engine. The second engine then lost power because of a magneto fault. The crew could not restart the first engine and made an emergency landing in a prairie near the airfield, and the Valetta was written off with both pilots unhurt.