ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169778
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| Date: | Friday 12 September 2014 |
| Time: | 16:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Diamond DA40 Diamond Star |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N39SE |
| MSN: | 40.299 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kulusuk Airport (KUS/BGKK) -
 Greenland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF) |
| Kulusuk Airport (KUS/BGKK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The DA40 airplane was being ferried from Europe to the United States. It took off from Reykjavík-Keflavík International Airport in Iceland on a leg to Kulusuk, Greenland.
The airplane impacted a mountain top, approximately three nm southeast of Kulusuk Airport. The accident occurred in daylight and under instrument meteorological conditions (IMC)
An extensive search of the aircraft was initiated, but due to adverse weather condition and other factors, the aircraft wreckage was not located until six days after the accident.
Sources:
http://www.havarikommissionen.dk/index.php?lang=daindex.php?option=com_contentbuilder&title=search-aviation-begivenhedstype-havari-accidentflykategori-motorfly-airplane-hclj510-2014-278-preliminary-report&controller=details&id=4&record_id=352&Itemid=225&limitstart=0&filter_order=&lang=en
www.sermitsiaq.ag
https://www.diamondaviators.net/forum/thinking-moving-my-da40-to-us-from-europe-any-advice-t4924-10.html
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://sermitsiaq.ag/eftersoegning-privatfly-i-oestgroenland-indstillet.]
http://sermitsiaq.ag/privatfly-fundet-omkommet-pilot
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2014 07:25 | knudrosing | Added |
| 13-Sep-2014 07:26 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2014 16:20 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 14-Sep-2014 16:21 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 17-Sep-2014 18:16 | knudrosing | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2014 18:22 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2014 06:15 | knud rosing | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2014 06:19 | harro | Updated [Location, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2014 11:19 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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