Wainwright - Wainwright

On May 11, 1923 at 12:00 AM, Wainwright - Wainwright experienced a crash involving Junkers-Larsen JL-6 (Junkers F.13), operated by Roald Amundsen, with the event recorded near Wainwright Alaska.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The pilot Oskar Omdal was performing a local test flight on this aircraft named 'Elisabeth'. Shortly after takeoff from Wainwright, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a lagoon. While the pilot was uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair as a ski was torn off and went through the engine. The aircraft, owned by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, was performing some tests before an expedition to the Spitzberg archipelago.

Aircraft reference details include registration Elisabeth.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 70.6369°, -160.0383°.