Accident Fairchild UC-61K-FA Argus III LN-HAO,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16546
 
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Date:Monday 20 July 1959
Time:12:10 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic FA24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fairchild UC-61K-FA Argus III
Owner/operator:A/S Airlift
Registration: LN-HAO
MSN: 930
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kolvereid -   Norway
Phase: En route
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Hattfjelldal
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Stalled and crashed in a sharp turn to avoid hill while low flying over Korsnesstraumen. Pilot Erling Baardsen and photografer Egil Jensen.

Sources:

Norwegian Civil Aircraft since 1919 / K. Hagby, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 2 7)
Dagbladet 22 July 1959

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Mar-2008 13:00 ASN archive Added
18-Feb-2013 00:30 Masen63 Updated [Location, Country, Nature]
20-Feb-2015 05:14 Anon. Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities]
15-Sep-2017 20:52 TB Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative]
16-Sep-2017 10:21 TB Updated [Narrative]
16-Sep-2017 10:48 TB Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]

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