Accident Cessna A 185F (floaters) SE-FRR,
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Date:Saturday 9 August 1997
Time:09:23 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C185 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna A 185F (floaters)
Owner/operator:XYZ Flygtjänst HB
Registration: SE-FRR
MSN: 18502160
Year of manufacture:1973
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Lake Hävlingen, Dalarna -   Sweden
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Lake Hävlingen
Destination airport:Grövelsjön
Investigating agency: SHK
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The pilt was flying three people that had been fishing at Lake Hävlinge. The a/c had problem at takeoff and climb vas slow. The ac struck a ridge at the south shore of the lake and caught fire. The crash was vitnessed by some army recruits in training who could extinguish the fire with water from the lake. The survivors was airlifted by one civillian and one military helicopter manned vith volontary crews (no one on stand-by). The pilot was killed in the crash and a passenger died the day after. The two other passengers was seriously injured.

Findings: the choosen take-off path was too short and was not aborted in time, the a/c was overloaded and the pilot had alcohol in his system.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: SHK
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://www.havkom.se/virtupload/reports/c1998_19.pdf Swedish Crash Investigation

Revision history:

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04-Feb-2013 06:14 Masen63 Added

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