ASN Aircraft accident Short Sunderland JM710 Bathurst RAF Station
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Date:Wednesday 22 September 1943
Type:Silhouette image of generic ss25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Short Sunderland
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: JM710
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:off Bathurst RAF Station (   Gambia)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Sunderland JM710 struck the water at night while turning on its circuit prior to landing at Bathurst RAF Station.

Probable Cause:

In its findings the Court of Inquiry stated: "The cause of the accident is obscure. The aircraft crashed whilst turning on its circuit prior to landing. A possible cause was that the Pilot with not much night flying experience returned to RAF Bathurst whilst the weather conditions were not ideal, and the aircraft stalled in its turn. It was thought that the pilot was about to make his run up the flare path to set the gyro, as is normal practice, and stalled in the turn.”

Classification:
Loss of control

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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