ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178475
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| Date: | 09-AUG-2015 |
| Time: | 00:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N610LC |
| MSN: | 1446 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Barkárdal -
 Iceland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Akureyri Airport (AEY/BIAR) |
| Keflavík International Airport | |
| Investigating agency: | TSB Iceland |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was reported overdue at 17:06 hours local time when it failed to arrive at Keflavík, Iceland. The wreckage was located at 20:30.
The aircraft was flown to Iceland from the US in 2008. Since then it has been on display at the Icelandic Aviation Museum. The aircraft was being ferried from Iceland to Minneapolis in the U.S.
FINAL REPORT ON THE ACCIDENT INVOLVING N610LC (DHC-2 BEAVER) IN BARKÁRDALUR STATES (Icelandic Transportation Safety Board):
About 45 minutes after takeoff the airplane crashed in the head of the valley of Barkárdalur at an elevation of 2260 feet. The pilot was severely injured and the ferry flight pilot was fatally injured in a post crash fire.
The investigation revealed that the airplane was over the maximum weight limit and its performance considerably degraded as of result of the overweight condition. The ITSB also believes carburetor icing contributed to the accident. Furthermore, the investigation revealed that VMC did not exist on the intended flight route across the peninsula of Tröllaskagi. Finally, multiple human factors issues were identified.
Sources:
https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2015/08/10/komst_lifs_af_ur_flakinu/_/
https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2015/08/10/birta_mynd_fra_vettvangi_slyssins/
http://icelandmag.is/article/man-who-died-plane-crash-sunday-was-experienced-canadian-pilot
http://www.rnsa.is/skyrslur/?slf=1&pn=1&pr=10&type=&searchText=barkárdalur&year=2015&searchButton=Leita
Accident investigation:
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 Dec 1963 | XP776 | British Army Air Corps (AAC) | 0 | near Bura |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2015 10:54 | harro | Added |
| 10-Aug-2015 14:28 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 10-Aug-2015 16:34 | Geno | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Aug-2015 16:40 | blabla | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Jun-2017 07:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 12:50 | BJB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:47 | BJB | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:53 | harro | Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 19-Dec-2019 20:12 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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