ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25500
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| Date: | Thursday 30 June 1983 |
| Time: | 08:55 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-310 Navajo C |
| Owner/operator: | Holmstrom Air A/B |
| Registration: | SE-GIS |
| MSN: | 31-7512028 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mountainside, 4 km South of Borlänge, Dalarna -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mora–Siljan Airport (ESKM) |
| Gävle–Sandviken Airport (ESSK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) 30 June 1983 due to a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) when flew into a mountainside south of Borlange, Dalarna, Sweden. Here is my recollection of the incident:
The day before the accident brought the airplane and flew it to an airport in southern Sweden, can not remember which. There, the pilot picked up seven of its customers and flew them to Mora where the party stayed overnight. The following morning the pilot flew alone from Mora, intended destination Gävle/Sandviken Airport. Remember that the pilot would fetch more customers there. He steered towards Gävle/Sandviken NDB beacon OG, with the frequency 326 kHz. On the route he would pass something north of Borlänge airport with NDB-Lighthouse OB, with the frequency of 324 kHz, thus only 2 KHz difference. The accuracy of these NDB-lighthouses are no better than they give flashes also at adjacent frequencies.
The pilot had certainly the correct frequency, but when he came across Borlange, that gave has instruments flashes of passage. He should not been so many nautical miles north of Borlange lighthouse. Oops though the pilot, I am already ahead, thinking probably that he still should have about 11 minutes remaining to the destination. The pilot swings and makes no less than three approaches toward what he believes is Gavle.
At the third landing attempt, he flies into the mountain 4 km south of Borlänge, Dalarna. The aircraft explodes and burns up and the pilot dies immediately.
Sources:
1. Report, transportstyrelsen.se
2. http://www.holmstroms.org/2014/01/28/flyghaveriet-med-pa31-navajo-med-registrerings-beteckning-se-gis/
3. http://www.elbows-aviation-shots.co.uk/TES(82-06)SE-GIS.JPG
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20140601050701/http://www.baaa-acro.com/1983/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-borlange-1-killed-2/
5. http://forum.flyghistoria.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=13996
6. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Holmstroem-Flyg/Piper-PA-31-310-Navajo-C/1030219
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-May-2009 01:50 | shift | Updated |
| 02-Mar-2011 07:27 | Masen63 | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 13-Jun-2015 22:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Sep-2016 15:57 | Masen63 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Sep-2017 20:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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