Sheffield - Sheffield

On June 29, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Sheffield - Sheffield experienced a crash involving Vickers 619 Wellington X, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Sheffield South Yorkshire.

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.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training sortie at Sheffield Airport, South Yorkshire. On final approach, the aircraft went of control, nosed down and crashed few miles short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration MF633.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.3807°, -1.4702°.