Narrative:
The DC-3, carrying Swedish soccer team IFK Norrköping crashed on a beach near Mimizan, France, following an engine failure.
accident date: 02-04-1952
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: LN-NAE
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 2 April 1952 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-5-DK (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Fred Olsen Flyveselskap |
| Registration: | LN-NAE |
| MSN: | 12372 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) N of Mimizan ( France)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD/LEMD), Spain |
| Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD/LFBD), France |
The DC-3, carrying Swedish soccer team IFK Norrköping crashed on a beach near Mimizan, France, following an engine failure.
Sources:
» Globo 3 Aril 1952, p11Photos
accident date: 02-04-1952
type: Douglas C-47A (DC-3)
registration: LN-NAE
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport as the crow flies is 532 km (332 miles).
Distance from Madrid-Barajas Airport to Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport as the crow flies is 532 km (332 miles).
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