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| Date: | Friday 15 December 2000 |
| Time: | 13:33 LT |
| Type: |  Fokker 50 |
| Owner/operator: | Flugfélag Íslands - Air Iceland |
| Registration: | TF-FIT |
| MSN: | 20250 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1992 |
| Engine model: | P&W Canada PW125B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | South of the Reiphólsfjöll Mountains -
 Iceland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Reykjavík Airport (RKV/BIRK) |
| Ísafjörður Airport (IFJ/BIIS) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Fokker aircraft of Icelandic Airlines, TF-FIT with flight number FXI-022, departed from Reykjavík Airport at 13:33 on 15 December 2000, bound for Ísafjörður. The flight was at an altitude of 17,000 feet. Shortly before the aircraft began to descend, approximately over the northern coast of Breiðafjörður, just south of the Reiphólsfjöll Mountains, it flew into a dense, wind-swept bank of clouds. Within a few minutes, the aircraft developed a very heavy build-up of ice, for example on the engine air intakes, causing significant operational disruptions. Ice then built up on the windscreens and would not come off. The aircraft was turned around and out of the bank of clouds and the flight was reduced. The sea level temperature had by then reached near freezing, so it was not possible to de-ice the aircraft. Due to heavy snowfall in Reykjavík and Keflavík, the aircraft was flown to Egilsstaðir and landed there at 15:22. The weather en route to Egilsstaðir was good and information was received about this from FXI-336, which had flown that route shortly before.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.rnsa.is/media/1505/skyrsla_vedurstofu_islands_um_flugatvik_tf-fit_yfir_breidafirdi_15_desember_2000.pdf
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/211105 (Photo)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2025 12:55 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 18-Apr-2025 12:56 | ASN | Updated [Accident report, ] |
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