Date:	Friday 17 February 1956
Time:
Type:	Vickers Valetta C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	VX483
MSN:
Year of manufacture:	1950
Engine model:	Bristol Hercules 230
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Saigon-Tan Son Nhut Airport (SGN) -   Vietnam
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS)
Destination airport:	Singapore

Narrative:
One of the Valetta's engines ran away on departure. The airplane lost height and belly landed in a padi field.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
The Straits Times, 18 February 1956: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19560218-1.2.9

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