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Crash of a Gulfstream GIII in Vágar: 9 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 3, 1996 at 1345 LT
Operator:
Registration:
F-330
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Keflavik – Vágar
MSN:
330
YOM:
1981
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
On final approach to Vágar Airport runway 12, the crew encountered extreme atmospheric turbulences. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed on the slope of a mountain located 2 km short of runway. All nine occupants were killed, among them Admiral Hans Jørgen Garde, Chief of the Danish Army, and his wife Anna garde. At the time of the accident, the visibility was good but severe turbulences were present in the approach path.
Crash of a Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A off Gilleleje: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 11, 1969 at 1348 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L-853
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Værløse - Værløse
MSN:
CV-316
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The seaplane aircraft departed Værløse AFB on a training flight with three passengers and a crew of five on board. After completing landings into the sea off Gilleleje, the crew prepared for a second landing when the airplane struck the water surface in a nose-down attitude, plunged into the sea and sank by a depth of 12 meters, some 4,6 km offshore. A crew member was killed while seven other occupants were rescued.
Crash of a Douglas C-54D-5-DC Skymaster off Hesselø
Date & Time:
Nov 8, 1965
Operator:
Registration:
N-605
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
10710
YOM:
1945
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
16
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training flight when an engine failed in flight. The captain decided to ditch the aircraft in the Kattegat, off Hesselø Island. All 20 occupants were rescued while the aircraft was lost.
Crash of a Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina off Upernavik
Date & Time:
May 3, 1964
Operator:
Registration:
L-867
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Thule – Søndre Strømfjord
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The Catalina operated on a trip from Air Station Værløse via Keflavik, Reykjavik, Mestersvig, Station North, Thule, Sonderstrom and back to Værløse. The flyinbg boat departed Værløse, Denmark on 20 April 1964. On 3 May 1964, en route from Thule to Sonderstrom, the airplane suffered an no. 1 engine failure. Due to the Catalina’s single engine performance, the captain decided to make a precautionary landing when they discovered open water about 10 km south west from Upernavik. The crew was later rescued by a USAF SA-16 and brought to Sonderstrom. Two days later the Catalina was damaged beyond repair by the ice which had crushed the it.
Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina near Desolation Cape: 13 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 10, 1963 at 1636 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L-865
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Narsarsuaq – Søndre Strømfjord
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
13
Circumstances:
While cruising in bad weather conditions on a flight from Narsarsuaq to Søndre Strømfjord, the seaplane struck the slope of a mountain and was destroyed upon impact. The wreckage was found few hours later in the region of Desolation Cape and all 13 occupants have been killed.
Crash of a Percival P.66 Pembroke 52/2 off Esbjerg: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 21, 1958
Operator:
Registration:
69-695
Survivors:
No
MSN:
86
YOM:
1956
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Esbjerg while conducting a training mission. All four crew members were killed.
Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near Rønne: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 19, 1953
Operator:
Registration:
21-237
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While descending to Rønne Airport, the twin engine aircraft went through a patch of fog when it struck tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located about nine km northeast of the airfield. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt N. B. Larsen,
Lt Bent Helge Stier Andersen.
Crew:
Cpt N. B. Larsen,
Lt Bent Helge Stier Andersen.
Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in Copenhagen: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 20, 1951
Operator:
Registration:
21-211
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Karup – Copenhagen
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
On final approach to Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, the pilot-in-command encountered foggy conditions and decided to reduce his altitude to establish a visual contact with the ground when the aircraft hit the mast of a boat. The aircraft flew dozen yards and crashed near the south harbor. Three crew members were killed while a fourth occupant was injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
Lt Arne Schjødt Jensen, †
Cpt Knud Frederik Mørkebjerg, †
V. H. Ibsen, †
K. B. Mogensen.
Crew:
Lt Arne Schjødt Jensen, †
Cpt Knud Frederik Mørkebjerg, †
V. H. Ibsen, †
K. B. Mogensen.
