ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83482
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| Date: | Sunday 4 May 2003 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 180H Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | LN-KCF |
| MSN: | 180-51952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Slettefjellet, W of Notodden -
 Norway
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Notodden |
| Lilløykilen, Oslo fjord | |
| Investigating agency: | AIBN |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The float equipped aircraft crashed into mountain in bad weather. The owner of the aircraft wanted to return the aircraft from winter storage at Notodden airport and fly it back to Kilen flying club at Lilløykilen in the Oslo fjord. The duration of the flight was estimated to 30 minutes. The aircraft, a Cessna 180H on floats, was reported missing when it had not reached its destination after 1 hour. The female pilot (43) killed. She tried several times to contact ATC who had switched to wrong frequency and was busy in private telephone conversation. The aircraft was located severely damaged on the top of mountain Slettefjell west of Notodden. This was in the opposite direction from Notodden than the intended flight. The pilot, who was the only on onboard, was fatally injured.
The aircraft was flying on course 290º when it hit the terrain with an angel of approximately 30-50º. The collision with the terrain is considered to be of non survivable nature. It was not found any medical factors that could affect the pilot’s ability to fly the aircraft.
It is the opinion of the AIBN that the accident happened after the pilot lost control of the aircraft due to vertigo after flying VFR in to instrument conditions (IMC). Contributing factors have been limited knowledge of the terrain along intended flight path, long time since last flight and limited variation in pilot experience.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.seabee.info/seaplanes/seaplanes_historical.htm
AIBN
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2010 11:37 | TB | Added |
| 04-May-2011 12:52 | whiteshark | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2015 20:26 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 13:05 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 13:06 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Jan-2022 15:43 | harro | Updated [Accident report] |
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