ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178092
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| Date: | Sunday 1 August 1937 |
| Time: | noon |
| Type: |  Stinson SR-9E Reliant |
| Owner/operator: | Widerøes Flyveselskap |
| Registration: | LN-EAI |
| MSN: | 5211 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oslo -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Oslo |
| Ingierstrand (beach) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
When flying towards Ingierstrand (beach) one of the wings separated and the plane went into a spin and crashed into the sea. Pilot Arild Widerøe and four passengers (Sofus Widerøe, Chris Braathen). The cause of the wing separation was metal fatigue.
Sources:
La Stampa 2 August 1937, p6
Norwegian Civil Aircraft since 1919 / K. Hagby, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 2 7)
De Telegraaf 2 August 1937, p3
https://oslosydavisen.no/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/November2017Side-8.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2015 19:36 | TB | Added |
| 30-Oct-2015 19:50 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 08-Jan-2016 18:22 | TB | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2016 18:36 | TB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2016 18:57 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2016 20:05 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2020 19:53 | whiteshark | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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