Incident Overview
Date: Friday 17 February 1956
Aircraft Type: Vickers Valetta C.1
Owner/operator: Royal Air Force – RAF
Registration Number: VX483
Location: Saigon-Tan Son Nhut Airport (SGN) –
ÿ Vietnam
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18
Component Affected: EngineEngine
Category: Accident
A Valetta aircraft experienced an engine failure during departure, resulting in loss of altitude and a belly landing in a paddy field.A Valetta aircraft experienced an engine failure during departure, resulting in loss of altitude and a belly landing in a paddy field.
Description
One of the Valetta’s engines ran away on departure. The airplane lost height and belly landed in a padi field.
Source of Information
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19560218-1.2.9https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19560218-1.2.9Primary Cause
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