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| Date: | Thursday 20 May 1948 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman |
| Owner/operator: | SOMACO |
| Registration: | NC79822 |
| MSN: | 527 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Roma-Urbe (RM) -
 Italy
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Roma-Urbe |
| local | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Stall/spin accident. Control lost when attempting to turn back to the airfield after the engine failed just after take-off on a local test flight. Crashed and burned; George Frederick "Buzz" Beurling (26) and Leonard Cohen (29) killed.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
http://www.norsemanhistory.ca/Aircraft.htm
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 20 May 1948, p1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-May-2011 15:39 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 11-May-2011 15:45 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, ] |
| 30-Dec-2013 00:28 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Dec-2013 06:39 | angels one five | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2014 21:37 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2014 21:37 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 31-Jan-2014 21:21 | angels one five | Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2017 12:13 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 25-Jul-2017 12:13 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jan-2018 18:21 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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