Country
code

Östergötland

Crash of a Douglas DC-6V in Norköpping

Date & Time: Nov 28, 1957
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SE-BDP
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Norköpping - Norköpping
MSN:
43747
YOM:
1953
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight out from Norrköping-Kungsängen Airport. In flight, the captain informed ATC that an engine caught fire and obtained the permission for an emergency landing. Following technical issues, the crew was unable to lower the undercarriage and a belly landing was carried out. The airplane slid for several yards and came to rest in flames. All five crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Malmen AFB: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 8, 1956
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
80001
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Malmen - Malmen
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew (two pilots and two engineers) were involved in a local test flight following engine maintenance and modification. Shortly after takeoff from Malmen AFB, while climbing, the engine number one caught fire. Both engineers were able to bail out and were found alive while both pilots were killed when the aircraft crashed in a huge explosion in Slaka Kyrka, about 4 km south of the airbase.
Probable cause:
Loss of control during initial climb following fire on engine number one.

Crash of a Caudron C.635 Simoun into the Vättern Lake: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 19, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SE-AKZ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Jönköping - Jönköping
MSN:
8825.569
YOM:
1938
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a practice mission over Vättern Lake and the aircraft was towing a target for an anti-aircraft battery exercise. During a turn, the elevator was blocked by the towed wire and the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the Vättern Lake, about 60 km northeast of Jönköping and sank by a deep of 90 meters. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
John Martinsson, pilot,
Karl Arne Glinge, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Elevator jammed by a towed cable in flight.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.313 RPS B.16A near Linköping

Date & Time: May 12, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
3337
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
4944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, a flare was lit inside the cabin (intentionally or accidentally ?). This cause a fire that could not be extinguished by the crew who eventually decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. Out of control, the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a pasture. While it was destroyed, all four crew members were rescued.
Probable cause:
In flight fire caused by an intentional or accidental ignition of a flare.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.313 S-16A at Malmen AFB

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
3364
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
4971
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Caught fire after landing and came to rest. All four crew members were uninjured.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.313 S-16A at Malmen AFB

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
3358
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
4965
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed upon landing at Malmen AFB. Both crew members were rescued and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Waco UIC-4 on Häradskär Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 29, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
SE-AFF
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3831
YOM:
1933
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft was performing a special flight on behalf of the Swedish Navy, carrying one pilot and three Swedish Officers. While flying along the east coast of Sweden, the aircraft was mistakenly shot down by a Swedish anti-aircraft battery and crashed on the Häradskär Island, about 23 km southeast of Valdemarsvik. All four occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Mistakenly shot down by the Swedish Flak.

Crash of a Junkers JU.86K in Vårdnäs: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
135
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
0135
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to attempt an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances. All three crew members were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Karlslund

Date & Time: Mar 17, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
SE-AFP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Norrköping - Norrköping
MSN:
1053
YOM:
1929
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The single engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a field in Karlslund. The pilot, sole on board, was injured.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60T Moth Trainer in Linköping

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
5-3
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Linköping - Linköping
MSN:
1719
YOM:
1931
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot was performing a local training flight out from Linköping Airport. While flying at low height, the single engine aircraft collided with a pine tree and crashed in Malmslätt, about one km north of the airfield. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Crew error.