ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122122
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| Date: | Saturday 11 July 1998 |
| Time: | c. 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna U206G Stationair 6 |
| Owner/operator: | Firdafly AS |
| Registration: | LN-DBZ |
| MSN: | U206-03847 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Geirangerfjorden -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Firda |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The float plane hit a wave on landing and overturned; four Germans died; norwegian pilot escaped.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 13.7.1998
https://www.aibn.no/luftfart/rapporter/1999-06-eng?ref=1713
http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/fire-omkom-i-flyulykke-i-geirangerfjorden/a/22197
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 2012 | P2-MHC | Sunbird Aviation Services | 0 | Guari Airstrip |  |
w/o |
Images:
Kviknes Hotel Balestrand. Photo taken by Lance Shippey
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2011 16:18 | TB | Added |
| 05-Sep-2017 18:08 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 12:26 | TB | Updated [Cn] |
| 22-Feb-2021 10:41 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
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