Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 APR 1952 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-5-DK |
| Operator: | Fred Olsen Flyveselskap |
| Registration: | LN-NAE |
| C/n / msn: | 12372 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) N of Mimizan (France) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD), Spain |
| Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD/LFBD), France |
The DC-3 crashed on a beach following an engine failure.
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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 Madrid-Barajas Airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport as the crow flies is 532 km (332 miles).
Distance from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport as the crow flies is 532 km (332 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.
