Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 AUG 1963 |
| Time: | 19:36 UTC |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| Operator: | Kongelige Danske Flyvevåbnet |
| Registration: | L-865 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kap Desolation (Greenland)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Narsarsuaq Airport (UAK/BGBW), Greenland |
| Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport (SFJ/BGSF), Greenland |
The Catalina flying boat collided with a mountain during a flight from Narsarsuaq (a.k.a. 'Bluie West One') and Søndre Strømfjord (a.k.a. 'Bluie West Eight').
Sources:
» Temahæfte nr.1 Catalina ISSN 0109-8292
» Erik Thingbo (25-11-2011)
Photos
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 Narsarsuaq Airport to Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport as the crow flies is 694 km (434 miles).
Distance from Narsarsuaq Airport to Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport as the crow flies is 694 km (434 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.
