ASN Aircraft accident Short Sunderland DW110 Blue Stack Mountains, Donegal
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Status:
Date:Monday 31 January 1944
Time:23:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic ss25 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Short Sunderland
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: DW110
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 13
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 13
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Blue Stack Mountains, Donegal (   Ireland)
Crash site elevation: 615 m (2018 feet) amsl
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Pembroke Dock RAF Station, United Kingdom
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
The Sunderland had been on a patrol mission for 13 hours and drifted off course over Ireland, while heading for Lough Erne. It flew into a very steep slope 200 feet below the top of a 2219 feet summit.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Sunderland DW110
» Foreign Aircraft Landings in Ireland 1939 - 1946


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photo of Short-Sunderland-DW110
accident date: 31-01-1944
type: Short Sunderland
registration: DW110
 
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.
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