Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 16 NOV 1951 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Short Sunderland GR.5 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Kennzeichen: | SZ565 |
| Werknummer: | |
| Baujahr: | |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 5 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 5 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Calshot RAF Station (Großbritannien) |
| Flugphase: | Landung (LDG) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | ? |
| Calshot RAF Station, Großbritannien |
The flying boat bounced and crashed during a night-time landing. The flying boat immediately sank up to the wings.
Informationsquelle:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» Last take-off : a record of RAF aircraft losses 1950 to 1953 / C. Cummings
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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.
