Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 10 ENE 1958 |
| Hora: | ca 22:00 |
| Tipo: | Avro Shackleton T.4 |
| Operador: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registración: | VP259 |
| Numéro de série: | |
| Año de Construcción: | 1950 |
| Motores: | 4 Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 8 km (5 milles) E of Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS) (Reino Unido)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Entrenamiento Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK), Reino Unido |
| Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK), Reino Unido |
The Shackleton was engaged in Maritime Operational Training Unit (MOTU) training flights. The aircraft was flying night-time approaches at RAF Kinloss. During one of the circuits the Shackleton flew the pattern too high. It then flew into Haldon Hill, which was obscured by low clouds.
Fuentes:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» E-mail from Tony Cunnane, 18-10-2006
» The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
» VPI Book of Remembrance
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Forres-Kinloss RAF Station to Forres-Kinloss RAF Station as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Forres-Kinloss RAF Station to Forres-Kinloss RAF Station as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
