Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 NOV 1949 |
| Time: | 16:56 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-25-DK |
| Operator: | Aero Holland |
| Registration: | PH-TFA |
| C/n / msn: | 13462 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1697 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 31 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 35 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 31 km (19.4 mls) S of Oslo-Fornebu Airport (FBU) (Norway)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR), Belgium |
| Oslo-Fornebu Airport (FBU/ENFB), Norway |
Crashed in a forest. The crew tried to fly VFR in IFR conditions.
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Distance from Brussel-Zaventem Airport to Oslo-Fornebu Airport as the crow flies is 1064 km (665 miles).
Distance from Brussel-Zaventem Airport to Oslo-Fornebu Airport as the crow flies is 1064 km (665 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.
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