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| Date: | Sunday 5 March 1978 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Partenavia P.68B Victor |
| Owner/operator: | Norving |
| Registration: | LN-MAD |
| MSN: | 78 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Varanger, Vadsø -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Vadsø (ENVD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into a mountain (Falkefjellet) during approach in bad weather. Pilot and co-pilot (35/28) killed and a passenger (32) survived serious injured.
Sources:
Dagbladet 6/7 March 1978
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 January 1988 | VH-PFN | 0 | Norgate Mine, QLD |  |
sub | |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-May-2010 00:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 21-Aug-2012 12:37 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2017 09:43 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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