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| Date: | Wednesday 30 September 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | T9050 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Abu Qir -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Sunderland flying boat stalled and crashed into the sea as the pilot was attempting an emergency landing. The aircraft was returning to Abourkir Bay, Egypt at the time with a no. 1 engine that had failed.
The Group Commander concluded: "I consider this accident was primarily due to the fact that there had been a fatal accident in the Squadron a few days previously due to an engine catching fire in the air and the resulting smoke filled the cockpit, making
it impossible for the pilot to make a safe landing. In this case, the pilot after flying for 35 minutes on thee engines, states that he suddenly noticed a bright glow and small burst of flame on another engine and decided to land immediately, in so doing he stalled the aircraft which broke its back on hitting the water.
I consider the pilot made a wrong decision in deciding to land and was guilty of an error of judgement in making the actual landing.
Sources:
RAAF fatalities in Second World War among RAAF personnel serving on attachment in Royal Air Force Squadrons and Support Units / by Alan Storr, 2006
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