Incident Overview
Date: Friday 10 January 1964
Aircraft Type: Avro Shackleton MR.3
Owner/operator: Royal Air Force – RAF
Registration Number: XF710
Location: Culloden Moor –
ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: Second engineSecond engine
Category: Accident
A second engine was feathered following an initial engine fire, leading to a rapid loss of altitude and subsequent crash landing on Culloden Moor.A second engine was feathered following an initial engine fire, leading to a rapid loss of altitude and subsequent crash landing on Culloden Moor.
Description
After an uncontrollable engine fire a second engine was feathered and the Shackleton began losing height. It crash-landed on Culloden Moor.
Source of Information
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/1097472/crash-site-history-restored/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/inverness/1097472/crash-site-history-restored/Primary Cause
Uncontrolled engine fire and subsequent loss of altitude.Uncontrolled engine fire and subsequent loss of altitude.Share on:
