Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 28 March 1954
Aircraft Type: Boeing-Canada Catalina IVB (PBY-5A)
Owner/operator: Royal Norwegian Air Force – RNoAF
Registration Number: KK-N
Location: Bear Island –
ÿ Norway
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: Right wingRight wing
Category: Accident
A Catalina aircraft crashed on Bear Island after dropping mail in the Svalbard region. The plane experienced a low pass over the island and struck the ground with its right wing, resulting in a crash.A Catalina aircraft crashed on Bear Island after dropping mail in the Svalbard region. The plane experienced a low pass over the island and struck the ground with its right wing, resulting in a crash.
Description
The Catalina took off from Troms? 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 lesund 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.
Source of Information
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8ya-ulykkenhttp://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B8rn%C3%B8ya-ulykkenPrimary Cause
Low pass over the island and impact with the ground.Low pass over the island and impact with the ground.Share on:
