ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332516
| Date: | Monday 8 November 1965 |
| Time: | 07:44 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54D-5-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Kongelige Danske Flyvevåbnet |
| Registration: | N-605 |
| MSN: | 10710 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 31 km NE off Hesselø [Kattegat] -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Værløse Air Base (EKVL) |
| Aalborg Air Base (AAL/EKYT) |
The C-54 was performing a combined mail and training flight from Værløse Air Base to Aalborg, Bodø, Keflavik and Greenland.
Twenty minutes after departure power was lost on all 4 engines and smoke entered the cockpit. The flight crew ditched the aircraft in the Kattgat waters, 31 km northeast off the island Hesselø. All occupants were rescued by a fishing trawler.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 8 November 1965, p1
ribewiki.dk
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