Tromsø – Kårvikhamn

On December 5, 1958 at 04:40 PM, Tromsø – Kårvikhamn experienced a crash involving Noorduyn Norseman, operated by Royal Norwegian Air Force - Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret, with the event recorded near Ansnes Sør-Trøndelag.

The flight was categorized as ambulance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew left Skattøra (Tromsø ) in the afternoon on an ambulance flight to Kårvikhamn. En route, he encountered poor weather conditions and the single engine airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea about 1,5 km north of Ansnes. Both crew members were killed. Crew: Lt Bjørnar Bergsdal, pilot, Sgt Otto Grindvold, radio operator.

Aircraft reference details include registration R-AE, MSN 779, year of manufacture 1945.