Woodford - Woodford

On December 7, 1956 at 12:00 AM, Woodford - Woodford experienced a crash involving Avro 696 Shackleton, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Foolow Derbyshire.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Woodford for a stall-warning test flight. En route, while cruising at a relative low altitude, the crew initiated a stall when control was lost. The airplane dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie located near Foolow. All four crew members were killed, among them Jack Bertram Wales, test pilot by Avro.

Aircraft reference details include registration WR970, year of manufacture 2.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.2876°, -1.7153°.