Descripción:
A Douglas C-47A (DC-3), operated by Aero Holland, was destroyed in an accident near Oslo, Norway. All but one of the 35 occupants were killed in the accident.
The airplane was chartered to fly kids from Tunisia to Norway for a holiday. The flight departed Tunis Airport at 01:21 UTC and landed at Brussels, Belgium for refuelling at 09:45 UTC. At 12:50 the DC-3 departed Brussels on an IFR flight to Oslo, Norway with a planned en route altitude of 11.000 feet.
En route over the Netherlands, the crew requested a clearance for 3000 feet and to continue VFR. The controller at Amsterdam agreed and the IFR flight plan was cancelled.
Radio contact with Oslo was established at 15:40 UTC. Altitude at that time was 2000 feet. The conditions at Oslo-Fornebu Airport were fine with a visibility of 12-15 km. Cloud base was 380 m (1250 feet). At 16:50 UTC the crew requested a QDM bearing, which was transmitted to the crew three minutes later. When the runway lights were switched on the radio operator had to switch to battery power, causing a radio outage the lasted several seconds.
The flight could no longer be contacted and was reported overdue.
The wreckage was found on November 22. One boy had survived the accident.
The Dutch aviation board concluded that the crew had attempted to descend below the cloud base during their approach to Fornebu. Safety altitude was 900 m (2950 feet) in the area, but the cloud base (8/8) was at 750 m (2460 feet). At 400 m (1310 feet) there were still some clouds (2-3/8). The flight descended to over high ground until it struck a wooded slope and crashed.
accident date: 20-11-1949
type: Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
registration: PH-TFA
accident date: 20-11-1949
type: Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
registration: PH-TFA
accident date: 20-11-1949
type: Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
registration: PH-TFA
| Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Fecha: | domingo 20 noviembre 1949 |
| Hora: | 16:56 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3) |
| Operador: | Aero Holland |
| Registración: | PH-TFA |
| Numéro de série: | 13462 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 1697 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 4 / Ocupantes: 4 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 30 / Ocupantes: 31 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 34 / Ocupantes: 35 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 31,5 km (19.7 milles) S of Oslo-Fornebu Airport (FBU) ( Noruega)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional No Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR), Bélgica |
| Oslo-Fornebu Airport (FBU/ENFB), Noruega |
A Douglas C-47A (DC-3), operated by Aero Holland, was destroyed in an accident near Oslo, Norway. All but one of the 35 occupants were killed in the accident.
The airplane was chartered to fly kids from Tunisia to Norway for a holiday. The flight departed Tunis Airport at 01:21 UTC and landed at Brussels, Belgium for refuelling at 09:45 UTC. At 12:50 the DC-3 departed Brussels on an IFR flight to Oslo, Norway with a planned en route altitude of 11.000 feet.
En route over the Netherlands, the crew requested a clearance for 3000 feet and to continue VFR. The controller at Amsterdam agreed and the IFR flight plan was cancelled.
Radio contact with Oslo was established at 15:40 UTC. Altitude at that time was 2000 feet. The conditions at Oslo-Fornebu Airport were fine with a visibility of 12-15 km. Cloud base was 380 m (1250 feet). At 16:50 UTC the crew requested a QDM bearing, which was transmitted to the crew three minutes later. When the runway lights were switched on the radio operator had to switch to battery power, causing a radio outage the lasted several seconds.
The flight could no longer be contacted and was reported overdue.
The wreckage was found on November 22. One boy had survived the accident.
Probable Cause:
The Dutch aviation board concluded that the crew had attempted to descend below the cloud base during their approach to Fornebu. Safety altitude was 900 m (2950 feet) in the area, but the cloud base (8/8) was at 750 m (2460 feet). At 400 m (1310 feet) there were still some clouds (2-3/8). The flight descended to over high ground until it struck a wooded slope and crashed.
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accident date: 20-11-1949
type: Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
registration: PH-TFA
accident date: 20-11-1949
type: Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
registration: PH-TFA
accident date: 20-11-1949
type: Douglas C-47A-25-DK (DC-3)
registration: PH-TFA
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Distance from Brussel-Zaventem Airport to Oslo-Fornebu Airport as the crow flies is 1064 km (665 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
Distance from Brussel-Zaventem Airport to Oslo-Fornebu Airport as the crow flies is 1064 km (665 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
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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Douglas DC-3
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