Status: | |
Date: | Monday 31 January 1944 |
Time: | 23:30 |
Type: | 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)
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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:
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accident date:
31-01-1944type: 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.