Billund - Billund

On November 29, 1971 at 12:00 AM, Billund - Billund experienced a crash involving Cessna 402, operated by Sterling Airways, with the event recorded near Billund Syddanmark.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The crew was completing a local training flight at Billund Airport, Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed near the runway end. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration OY-SAW, MSN 402B-0112, year of manufacture 1971.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.7247°, 9.1196°.