ASN Aircraft accident Avro Shackleton MR.1 VP283 Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB)
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Date:Sunday 12 August 1951
Type:Silhouette image of generic SHAC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Avro Shackleton MR.1
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: VP283
MSN:
First flight: 1951
Engines: 4 Rolls-Royce Griffon 57
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:9 km (5.6 mls) off Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB) (   Gibraltar)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB/LXGB), Gibraltar
Destination airport:Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB/LXGB), Gibraltar
Narrative:
The Shackleton was on final approach to Gibraltar when the undercarriage hit the end of the runway. Both main landing gear legs were sheared off and the pilot performed a go around. Unable to land, the airplane was ditched into the sea.
The Shack operated on a conversion training flight for the 224 Squadron. The pilot was reportedly blinded by the sun during the approach.

Sources:
» L'Echo d'Oran 14 August 1951, p2
» 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
» The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth
» Air Enthusiast 47


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