Vickers Valetta crash, Aug 6, 1958, Leeming AFB North Yor...
Vickers Valetta accident on August 6, 1958 near Leeming AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: The working engine failed after...
- Date: August 6, 1958
- Aircraft: Vickers Valetta
- Location: Leeming AFB North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The working engine failed after an overshoot during single engine training with the other engine shut down. The aircraft made a belly landing in a cornfield near Holtby Hall.
A Valetta of No 228 Operational Conversion Unit was practising single engine approaches at RAF Leeming with one engine shut down. After an overshoot the working engine failed, and the aircraft made a belly landing near Holtby Hall. The aircraft was written off.