Springfield - Goose Bay - Narsarsuaq - Southend

On October 8, 1991 at 12:00 AM, Springfield - Goose Bay - Narsarsuaq - Southend experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by BAC Express Airlines, with the event recorded near Narsarsuaq Kommune Kujalleq.

The flight was categorized as delivery and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. Icing conditions forced the crew to descend from 9,000 feet to get below the clouds. The twin engine aircraft struck an ice sheet at a speed of 180 knots at a height of 5,125 feet. Cloud base was reported to be 3,000 feet with a wind at 7 knots from 7° and 10 km visibility in moderate rain. All three crew members survived the accident and were picked up by the Danish Navy in a Lynx helicopter. The departure airport of the ferry flight was Springfield Airport, MO (SGF) and the final destination was going to be Southend Municipal Airport (SEN), UK.

Aircraft reference details include registration N731A, MSN 110-275, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 61.1615°, -45.4176°.