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Date: | mercredi 21 novembre 1973 |
Heure: | 14:00 |
Type/Sous-type: | Douglas R4D-8 (Super DC-3) |
Compagnie: | United States Navy |
Immatriculation: | 17171 |
Numéro de série: | 43309 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1944 |
Moteurs: | 2 Wright R-1820-80 |
Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: |
Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 7 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | Sólheimasandur ( Islande)
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Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
Nature: | Militaire |
Aéroport de départ: | Hofn Hornafjördur Airport (HFN/BIHN), Islande |
Aéroport de destination: | ? |
Détails:The Douglas R4D-8 US Navy transport plane had delivered supplies at Hofn Hornafjördur Airport for the radar-station in Stokksnes, Iceland. En route the airplane encountered severe icing. The crew were not able to maintain altitude. A forced landing was carried out on an ice covered river on near coast of Iceland. The ice broke but the airplane did not sink.
The remains of the plane were abandoned and the main fuselage is still there.
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Morgunblaðið, 22-11-1973
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