ASN Aircraft accident Avro Shackleton MR.3 XF710 Culloden Moor
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Date:Friday 10 January 1964
Type:Silhouette image of generic SHAC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Avro Shackleton MR.3
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: XF710
MSN:
First flight: 1959
Engines: 4 Rolls-Royce Griffon 57
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Culloden Moor (   United Kingdom)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK), United Kingdom
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
After an uncontrollable engine fire a second engine was feathered and the Shackleton began losing height. It crash-landed on Culloden Moor.

Classification:
Engine fire
Forced landing outside airport

Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
» 52 years ago, a plane crashed near Inverness… And the crew headed to the local dance hall for a jig (The Press & Journal, November 28, 2016)


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