ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) TF-ISI Héðinsfjörður

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Status:
Date:	Thursday 29 May 1947
Time:	12:48
Type:	Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
Operator:	Flugfélag Islands
Registration:	TF-ISI
MSN:	13389
First flight:	1944
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:	Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Total:	Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	Héðinsfjörður ( Iceland)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Reykjavík Domestic Airport (RKV/BIRK), Iceland
Destination airport:	Akureyri Airport (AEY/BIAR), Iceland

Narrative:
An Icelandic DC-3 passenger plane departed Reykjavik at 11:25 on a domestic flight to Akureyri, Iceland.
The airplane flew into the side of Hestfjall Mountain, at the side of Hédinsfjördur. The wreckage was located the following morning.

Classification:

Sources:

» hedinsfjordur.is

Photos

TF-ISI

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 Reykjavík Domestic Airport to Akureyri Airport as the crow flies is 247 km (155 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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.

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