Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 14 September 1957
Aircraft Type: Avro Shackleton MR.2
Owner/operator: Royal Air Force – RAF
Registration Number: WL792
Location: Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB) –
ÿ Gibraltar
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: PropellersPropellers
Category: Accident
A twin-engine aircraft experienced propeller overspeed, resulting in the feathered propellers and loss of hydraulics, leading to a belly landing at North Front Airport.A twin-engine aircraft experienced propeller overspeed, resulting in the feathered propellers and loss of hydraulics, leading to a belly landing at North Front Airport.
Description
Two propellers were feathered after propeller overspeeding. Hydraulics were lost and the airplane belly landed at North Front Airport.
Primary Cause
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