British European Airways Flight 530
1946 aviation accident / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British European Airways Flight 530, also known as the Mistberget Accident (Norwegian: Mistberget-ulykken), was a controlled flight into terrain of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain into the Mistberget mountain in Eidsvoll, Norway, on 7 August 1946 at ca. 14:00. The British European Airways (BEA) aircraft was en route on a scheduled flight from London's Croydon Airport and crashed during approach to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.
Accident | |
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Date | 7 August 1946 (1946-08-07) |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Mistberget, Eidsvoll, Norway |
Aircraft type | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
Operator | British European Airways |
Registration | G-AHCS |
Flight origin | Croydon Airport |
Destination | Oslo Airport, Gardermoen |
Passengers | 10 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 3 |
Survivors | 12 |
Three of the five crew members were killed in the accident and all ten passengers survived, though two were seriously injured, the remainder were able to walk away from the crash. The investigation found no faults with the aircraft, but cited a navigation error caused by a combination of insufficient training and shortcomings in the aircraft's low frequency radio range equipment.