Accident
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 19 APR 1968 |
| Tijd: | ca 10:30 |
| Type: | Avro Shackleton MR.2 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registratie: | WB833 |
| Constructienummer: | |
| Bouwjaar: | 1952 |
| Motoren: | 4 Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 11 / inzittenden: 11 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 11 / inzittenden: 11 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | Glenmanuilt Hill, Mull of Kintyre (Verenigd Koninkrijk)
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| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Militair |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Ballykelly RAF Station (EGQB), Verenigd Koninkrijk |
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The Shackleton MR.2 prototype had taken off from Ballykelly on an anti-submarine exercise early in the morning . The area around Mull of Kintyre was shrouded in thick sea mist. The Shackleton climbed up through the mist and the aircraft struck rising ground near Garvalt cottage.
Bronnen:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
» VPI Book of Remembrance
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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.
