Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 SEP 1956 |
| Type: | Vickers Valetta C.1 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | WD165 |
| C/n / msn: | 494 |
| First flight: | 1950-11-22 (5 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Bristol Hercules 230 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,6 km (1 mls) off Car Nicobar Airport (CBD) (India) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Car Nicobar Airport (CBD/VOCX), India |
An engine failed while on approach to the Car Nicobar Island Airport. The Valetta ditched just offshore.
Events:
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.
