- Date
- June 20, 2008, 09:32 local (09:32 UTC)
- Place
- Bergen, Norway
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- LN-SFTFairchild SA226
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 68286
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On June 20, 2008, at 1032 local Norwegian time, a Helitrans AS Fairchild Aircraft Corporation SA226-T(B), registration LN-SFT, crashing into the North Sea approximately 15 NM West of Bergen Airport (ENBR), Bergen, Norway. The aircraft was on a training flight with three persons onboard. Air traffic control observed the airplane disappear from radar at 6,000 feet. No distrass calls were heard and debris was found on the surface of the water. The accident is being investigated by the Accideent Investigation Board of Norway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- LN-SFT
- Reported as
- Fairchild SA226
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport