Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 FEB 1954 |
| Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WJ494 |
| C/n / msn: | 579 |
| First flight: | 1951-08-08 (2 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2,4 km (1.5 mls) S of Singapore-Changi RAF Station (Singapore) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Singapore-Changi RAF Station, Singapore |
The Valetta was on a singe engine approach to RAF Changi when it lost height, contacted trees and crashed. The airplane caught fire.
The aircraft was serving with the RAF Far East Transport Wing.
Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
