Amsterdam – Tønsberg

On May 5, 1952 at 12:00 AM, Amsterdam – Tønsberg experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Fred. Olsen's Air Transport - Fred. Olsen Flyselskap, with the event recorded near Drangedal Telemark.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

29 people were known to be on board, 11 fatalities were recorded, 18 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 37.9%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 26, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft and its crew were performing a charter flight from Amsterdam-Schiphol to Tønsberg-Jarlsberg, Vestfold, carrying 26 Norwegian tourists flying back home from a cruise between Antarctic and Rotterdam. While flying in marginal weather conditions, the pilot-in-command did not realize his altitude was too low when the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in flames in a dense pinewood area located near Drangedal, about 35 km southwest of Skien. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and eight passenger and all three crew members were killed. 18 other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration LN-NAD, MSN 12148, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 59.0909°, 8.9688°.