Date: | Tuesday 8 October 1991 |
Time: | |
Type: | Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante |
Owner/operator: | BAC Charter |
Registration: | N731A |
MSN: | 110275 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Narsarsuaq -
Greenland
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Goose Bay Airport, NL (YYR/CYYR) |
Destination airport: | Narsarsuaq Airport (UAK/BGBW) |
Narrative:Icing conditions forced the crew to descend from 9000 feet to get below the clouds. The Bandeirante struck an ice sheet at 180 knots, at a height of 5125 feet. Cloud base was reported to be 3000 feet with a 7deg/7 knots wind and 10 km visibility in moderate rain.
All three crew members survived the accident and were picked up by the Danish Navy in a Lynx helicopter. The departure airport of the ferry flight was Springfield Airport, MO (SGF) and the final destination was going to be Southend Municipal Airport (SEN).
Sources:
Scramble 154
Images:
photo (c) Carl Waldenmaier via W. Fischdick; San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO); May 1990
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