ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324498
| Date: | Sunday 17 March 1996 |
| Time: | 12:12 |
| Type: |  IRMA/Pilatus Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander |
| Owner/operator: | Wagner Foundation |
| Registration: | N904WA |
| MSN: | 904 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Njarðvík -
 Iceland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Reykjavík Domestic Airport (RKV/BIRK) |
| Narsarsuaq Airport (UAK/BGBW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Islander was being ferried to the United States. It departed Reykjavík weighing 297 kg in excess of the mtow. Shortly after takeoff the pilot radioed that she had dropped her portable GPS on the floor and could not locate it. She decided to divert to Keflavik International Airport. During descent the no. 2 engine failed. The pilot did not feather the prop nor did she try to restart the engine. The airplane descended until it crash-landed in rough terrain some 5 nm (9 km) short of the airport. Investigation revealed that the mixture control for the no. 2 engine was pulled back. This may have occurred inadvertently by the pilot's sleeve when searching for the GPS device.
Sources:
BAAA-ACRO
ICAO Adrep Summary 6/96 #56
Scramble
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