RAF Shackleton crash on the Isle of Harris, Scotland
Avro Shackleton WR965
Accident
Date
30 April 1990 (1990-04-30)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain
Site
near Tarbert, Scotland 57°48′17″N7°03′20″W / 57.8048°N 7.0556°W / 57.8048; -7.0556
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Avro Shackleton
Aircraft name
Dylan
Operator
Royal Air Force
Call sign
Gambia Zero 8
Registration
WR965
Flight origin
RAF Lossiemouth
Destination
RAF Benbecula
Crew
10
Fatalities
10
On 30 April 1990, a Royal Air Force Avro Shackleton AEW Mk II aircraft, of No. 8 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Lossiemouth, crashed into a hill on the Isle of Harris whilst attempting to land at RAF Benbecula. All ten crew on board died in the crash, which included the wing commander who was in charge of No. 8 Squadron at the time. The Shackleton was the last of the fleet to be involved in a fatal accident, and the type was withdrawn from RAF service in 1991.
A Board of Inquiry (BoI) later determined the accident as a controlled flight into terrain, but could not ascertain as to why.
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