ASN Aircraft accident Avro Shackleton MR.2 WL792 Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB)
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Date:Saturday 14 September 1957
Type:Silhouette image of generic SHAC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Avro Shackleton MR.2
Operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: WL792
MSN:
First flight: 1953-07-01 (4 years 3 months)
Engines: 4 Rolls-Royce Griffon 57
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB) (   Gibraltar)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB/LXGB), Gibraltar
Narrative:
Two propellers were feathered after propeller overspeeding. Hydraulics were lost and the airplane belly landed at North Front Airport.

Sources:
» Broken Wings : Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents / James J. Halley
» The Avro Shackleton / as compiled by Chris Ashworth


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