Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 MAR 1954 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina Ivb |
| Operator: | Royal Norwegian Air Force - RNoAF |
| Registration: | KK-N |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bear Island (Norway)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tromsø/Langnes Airport (TOS/ENTC), Norway |
| Tromsø/Langnes Airport (TOS/ENTC), Norway |
The Catalina took off from Tromsø on a round trip to drop mail, first on the Bear Island, then on the Island Hopen and two places on the Island Svalbard namely New Ålesund and Longyearbyen. After successful drops at all the four places, the plane took a low pass over Bear Island at a height of 100 meters. While passing just south of the radiostation it made a right turn and the right wing hit the ground causing the plane to crash on the island. There were occasional snowshowers at the time of the accident.
Sources:
» Wikipedia: Bjørnøya-ulykken
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tromsø/Langnes Airport to Tromsø/Langnes Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Tromsø/Langnes Airport to Tromsø/Langnes Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
