RN290

On January 30, 1954 at 12:00 AM, RN290 experienced a crash involving Short S.25 Sunderland, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Angle Bay Pembrokeshire.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a local training sortie when an engine caught fire in flight. The pilot-in-command attempted an emergency landing in Angle Bay but the airplane touchdown hard, causing a float to be sheared off. The aircraft came to a halt in flames. While all six crew members were able to evacuate the cabin and were uninjured, the airplane was destroyed by fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration RN290.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.6866°, -5.1083°.