Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 OCT 1956 |
| Type: | Short Sunderland MR.5 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | EJ153 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Castle Archdale (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Hit a submerged rock while taxying. Beached but not repaired.
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.
