Vickers 619 Wellington X crash, Apr 18, 1952, Thorney Isl...
Vickers 619 Wellington X accident on April 18, 1952 near Thorney Island AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: The cause was an...
- Date: April 18, 1952
- Aircraft: Vickers 619 Wellington X
- Location: Thorney Island AFB West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The cause was an engine failure.
A Vickers Wellington T Mk X of 2 Air Navigation School, RAF, was training with one engine voluntarily inoperative when the second engine also failed. The aircraft stalled and made a wheels up belly landing short of the runway at RAF Thorney Island on 18 April 1952. No one was killed or injured, and the aircraft was written off.