ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336616
| Date: | Monday 6 September 1948 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing-Canada PB2B-1 Catalina IVB |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Norwegian Air Force - RNoAF |
| Registration: | JX412/K-AK |
| MSN: | 28172 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 770 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 15 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Førdesveten, Hordaland -
 Norway
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Stavanger-Sola Airport (SVG/ENZV) |
The Catalina which took off from Sola at 09.15. After 45 minutes it approached the Island Sotra at low altitude (20 meters) because of poor visibility.
The crew had probably lost orientation and suddenly saw a hillside/small mountain in front of them. The pulled up and tried to climb over it. As they went in to the clouds, there was a loud bang, and the plane caught fire and a lot of ammunition exploded afterwards.
Two passengers in the aft of the plane survived almost uninjured.
Sources:
Consolidated Catalina PB2B-1 Førdesveten, Hordaland
Fly brukt av det Norske Luftforsvaret hefte nr. 9 - Consolidated Catalina / Olve Dybvig
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