Belfast - Belfast

On March 22, 1961 at 12:00 AM, Belfast - Belfast experienced a crash involving Avro 694 Lincoln, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Belfast-Aldergrove Antrim.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training mission at Belfast-Aldergrove Airport. After several circuits, the crew started a new approach with an engine voluntarily inoperative. On final, height was lost and the airplane clip trees and crashed in a field located five miles short of runway. All four crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. This was the last accident involving a RAF Avro Lincoln as this aircraft would be definitively retired from service after this accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration WD144.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.6554°, -6.2357°.