Værløse - Værløse

On December 11, 1969 at 01:48 PM, Værløse - Værløse experienced a crash involving Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso), operated by Royal Danish Air Force - Flyvevåbnet, with the event recorded near Gilleleje Hovedstaden.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 12.5%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The seaplane aircraft departed Værløse AFB on a training flight with three passengers and a crew of five on board. After completing landings into the sea off Gilleleje, the crew prepared for a second landing when the airplane struck the water surface in a nose-down attitude, plunged into the sea and sank by a depth of 12 meters, some 4,6 km offshore. A crew member was killed while seven other occupants were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration L-853, MSN CV-316, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 56.1244°, 12.3124°.