Date:	Sunday 12 August 1951
Time:
Type:	Avro Shackleton MR.1
Owner/operator:	Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration:	VP283
MSN:
Year of manufacture:	1951
Engine model:	Rolls-Royce Griffon 57
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	9 km off Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB) -   Gibraltar
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB/LXGB)
Destination airport:	Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB/LXGB)

Narrative:
The Shackleton was on final approach to Gibraltar when the undercarriage hit the end of the runway. Both main landing gear legs were sheared off and the pilot performed a go around. Unable to land, the airplane was ditched into the sea.
The Shack operated on a conversion training flight for the 224 Squadron. The pilot was reportedly blinded by the sun during the approach.

L'Echo d'Oran 14 August 1951, p2
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
The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
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