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| Date: | Friday 10 January 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Shackleton MR.3 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XF710 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Culloden Moor -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Forres-Kinloss RAF Station (FSS/EGQK) |
After an uncontrollable engine fire a second engine was feathered and the Shackleton began losing height. It crash-landed on Culloden Moor.
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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