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| Date: | Friday 1 April 1988 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Beechcraft A90 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N611VP |
| MSN: | LJ-171 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Narsarsuaq, Kujalleq municipality, in southern Greenland -
 Greenland
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Rejkjavik, Iceland (RKV/BIRK) |
| Narsarsuaq Airport, Greenland (UAK/BGBW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Beechcraft A90 King Air N611VP: Destroyed 1 April 1988 in a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain). During a ferry flight from the UK to USA via Iceland and Greenland and with very low fuel remaining, the aircraft crash landed whilst attempting a visual go around following a missed non precision approach at Narsarsuaq Airport, Kujalleq municipality, in southern Greenland, in very poor weather conditions.
Sources:
1. Jet&Prop 2004
2. The Royal Society of St. George, Gloucestershire Branch, OCTOBER 2020
3. https://rssg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Gloucestershire-October-2020.pdf
4. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N611VP
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narsarsuaq_Airport
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jan-2016 19:36 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Aug-2017 19:53 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Aug-2022 07:20 | Porrohmann | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Aug-2022 07:39 | harro | Updated [Date, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Aug-2022 21:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
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