Ballykelly - Ballykelly

On March 20, 1947 at 11:50 AM, Ballykelly - Ballykelly experienced a crash involving Avro 683 Lancaster, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Atlantic Ocean All World.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 77.8%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While on a training exercise and flying at a height of 500 feet, the captain decided to reduce his altitude when the aircraft hit the water surface and crashed into the sea about 60 miles northeast of Malin Head, Ireland. The pilot and an officer were rescued while seven other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration SW290.