Accident Avro Shackleton MR.2 WL792,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334407
 

Date:Saturday 14 September 1957
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SHAC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Shackleton MR.2
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force - RAF
Registration: WL792
MSN:
Year of manufacture:1953
Engine model:Rolls-Royce Griffon 57
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB) -   Gibraltar
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Gibraltar-North Front Airport (GIB/LXGB)
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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