| Date: | Saturday 25 January 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 |
| Owner/operator: | Maersk Air |
| Registration: | OY-APD |
| MSN: | 10437 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9122 hours |
| Cycles: | 5834 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Faroe Islands-Vagar Airport (FAE) -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Faroe Islands-Vagar Airport (FAE/EKVG) |
The F-27 landed at Vagar runway 31 with a 9 kt crosswind and 6 knots tailwind component. About 950 m after touchdown the aircraft started veering to the left. The aircraft ran off the runway and struck high terrain 85 m left of the runway. The 1100 m runway was covered with water and ice at the time of the accident.
Sources:
Willem Wendt
Location
Images:
photo (c) Kjell Nilsson; København-Kastrup Airport (CPH/EKCH); 25 June 1973
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