Last updated: 17 January 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 10 January 1958 |
| Time: | ca 22:00 |
| Type: |  Avro Shackleton T.4 |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VP259 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | 1950 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) E of Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS) ( United Kingdom)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK), United Kingdom |
| Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK), United Kingdom |
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.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» 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
Photos
accident date: 10-01-1958
type: Avro Shackleton T.4
registration: VP259
Map
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.
