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    Airframe Family: Vickers Varsity
    Latest Model:Varsity T.1
    Last Military Serial:WJ948 RAF
    Last Civil Registration:N65338 {1}
    Latest Owner or Location:West Texas Air Museum - Eagle Pass Chapter, West Texas Airport, Eagle Pass, Texas

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    Event

    Constructed as a Varsity T.1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n WJ948.

    By 11 December 1983

    To West Texas Air Museum with c/r N65338 {1} (TYPE 668 VARSITY, WJ948).

    Based at West Texas Air Museum-Eagle Pass Chapter, West Texas Airport, Eagle Pass, TX.
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    Markings Applied: E

    11 December 1983

    Crashed.
    Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. There were 7,371 hours on the airframe at the time. The ferrying/positioning flight departed El Paso International Airport, TX (ELP/KELP), United States of America and was destined for El Paso-West Texas Airport, TX, United States of America. The accident occurred at El Paso-West Texas Airport, TX (United States of America) while landing. The airframe was damaged beyond repair. Narrative: The Varsity aircraft landed hard with the right main gear off the side of the runway, causing the undercarriage to collapse...

    11 December 1983

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the West Texas Airport (TX04) El Paso, TX, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The aircraft was on a flight from the el paso intl airport to the west Texas airport. A hard landing was made causing all three landing gear to collapse, folded the left wing aft just inboard of the engine twisted the entire right wing about 30 degree leading edge down...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    January 2010

    Scrapped.


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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aviation Safety Network
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board

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