Croydon – Oslo

On August 7, 1946 at 02:00 PM, Croydon – Oslo experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by British European Airways - BEA, with the event recorded near Oslo-Gardermoen Akershus.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

15 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 12 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 20.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach to Oslo-Gardermoen Airport was started in poor weather conditions with low visibility due to fog. While descending at an altitude of 2,030 feet, the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a dense wooded area located on the east slope of Mt Mistberget, about 10 km north of the Gardermoen Airport. The aircraft was destroyed, three crew members were killed (both pilots and the flight engineer) while all other occupants were injured, some of them seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AHCS, MSN 12348, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 60.1979°, 11.0997°.