ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 28788
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| Date: | 16-AUG-1992 |
| Time: | 11:42 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-310 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Copenhagen Airtaxi |
| Registration: | OY-BZD |
| MSN: | 31-7401266 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | S Hammarö, Lake Vänern -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Roskilde, Denmark (EKRK) |
| Karlstad, Sweden (ESOK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Everybody on the flight except for passenger/PNF in right seat was engaged in trotting sport and the purpose for the trip was to visit Karlstad Trotting Track. Whilst approaching Karlstad, the pilot reported that he was low on fuel. The pilot commenced a straight in approach, but whilst still some 7 nautical miles short of the airfield, both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion, and the aircraft crashed into Lake Vänern, having run out of fuel. Five of the eight persons on board (pilot (PF) and four passengers) were killed in the crash or drowned when trying to swim to an islet abt 200m from the crash site.
Sources:
1. http://forum.flyghistoria.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=14675
2. http://www.oy-reg.dk/register/1364.html
5. http://www.ascendworldwide.com/download/Cust/WAAS167_Complete.pdf
6. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1554218
7. https://www.danishaircraft.dk/?inc=show&showid=OY-BZD&page=75
8. https://ribewiki.dk/da/Piper_Navajo_OY-BZD_16._aug._1992_V%C3%A4nern_ved_Karlstad
SHK Crash Investigation https://www.havkom.se/utredningar/civil-luftfart/totalhaveri-med-flygplan-oy-bzd-typ-piper-pa-31-navajo-i-vaenern-s-karlstad-flygplats (Swedish)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Aug-2010 04:41 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2010 12:13 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2011 11:20 | Masen63 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2015 18:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2017 19:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 10-Oct-2017 21:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2018 20:11 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2023 05:30 | Masen63 | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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