Accident Beechcraft A90 King Air N611VP,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183785
 
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Date:Friday 1 April 1988
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE9L model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft A90 King Air
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N611VP
MSN: LJ-171
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near Narsarsuaq, Kujalleq municipality, in southern Greenland -   Greenland
Phase: Approach
Nature:Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:Rejkjavik, Iceland (RKV/BIRK)
Destination airport:Narsarsuaq Airport, Greenland (UAK/BGBW)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Beechcraft A90 King Air N611VP: Destroyed 1 April 1988 in a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain). During a ferry flight from the UK to USA via Iceland and Greenland and with very low fuel remaining, the aircraft crash landed whilst attempting a visual go around following a missed non precision approach at Narsarsuaq Airport, Kujalleq municipality, in southern Greenland, in very poor weather conditions.

Sources:

1. Jet&Prop 2004
2. The Royal Society of St. George, Gloucestershire Branch, OCTOBER 2020
3. https://rssg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Gloucestershire-October-2020.pdf
4. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N611VP
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Airport
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk_Airport

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Jan-2016 19:36 JINX Added
03-Aug-2017 19:53 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
26-Aug-2022 07:20 Porrohmann Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2022 07:39 harro Updated [Date, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
26-Aug-2022 21:56 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]

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