Date:	Thursday 3 July 1952
Time:
Type:	Vickers Valetta C.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	VX537
MSN:
Year of manufacture:	1950
Engine model:	Bristol Hercules 230
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	8 km E of Oya -   Malaysia
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
An oil leak in one of the engines forced the pilot to shut down the engine. The Valetta could not maintain altitude on the remaining engine and a forced belly landing was carried out on a beach.

Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
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