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| Date: | Tuesday 30 October 1956 |
| Time: | 14:11 LT |
| Type: |  Hunting Percival Pembroke (Tp83) |
| Owner/operator: | Flygvapnet |
| Registration: | 83003 |
| MSN: | P66/0042 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Finnslätten, Västerås -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | F1 Västerås |
Engine failure, fire left engine. As a result of a broken crankshaft, the engine could not be feathered. The aircraft started to turn left and could not keep altitude. All three in the crew and tree conscripts was killed in the crash, one died three days later of his injuries.
Code: 1-33.
Sources:
http://www.anderslif.se/index.html-flygolycka.html
http://forum.flyghistoria.org/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2012 02:10 | Masen63 | Added |
| 05-Apr-2012 07:51 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, ] |
| 01-Oct-2012 11:59 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 06-Mar-2014 05:06 | Masen63 | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2017 19:46 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 29-Oct-2019 20:58 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 11-Sep-2020 19:52 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
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