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N87576
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The purposes of the
accident list below are to: (1) serve as historical reference (2) serve as a
reminder to Seabee pilots. The accident list does not intend to
identify the pilots involved, or to give a final conclusion on the cause
of an accident. When available to the author, the information has
been taken from official accident reports. However,
most of the information is from newspapers, books and other trivial
sources. For conclusive accident information, the final
official NTSB reports should be consulted. From the accident list
below, the most common accident scenarios seem to be
(1) Gear down on
water
(2) engine failure/fire
(3) landing
(4) ground loop
(5) taxiing.
The
author will welcome any additional accident information, corrections and accident photos from
the visitors to this web-site. Any safety tips and reminders for avoiding
accidents are most welcome too - and will be published here at your
approval. Please e-mail. UNDER
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| Date: |
S/N: |
Reg:
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Location: |
Injuries: |
Phase: |
Cause: |
Remarks |
S |
| 1947-05- |
411 |
SE-AXD
|
Stockholm,
Sweden |
None |
N/A |
N/A |
Damaged
when unloaded from ship in import to Sweden. |
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| 1947-07-10 |
864 |
LN-PAI
|
Bergern
Harbour,
Bergen,
Norway |
none |
taxiing |
? |
Water
taxiing accident. Repaired. |
M |
| 1947-07-17 |
865 |
LN-PAK
|
Bergen
Harbour,
Bergen,
Norway |
none |
taxiing |
? |
Water
taxiing accident. Repaired. |
M |
| 1947-09-07 |
905 |
LN-PAL
|
Bergen
Harbour,
Bergen,
Norway |
none |
taxiing |
? |
Water
taxiing accident. Repaired. |
M |
| 1947-09-08 |
910 |
LN-RAB
|
Store
Reinjö,
Selbu,
Norway |
none |
landing |
? |
Aircraft
hit bottom when landing on a shallow mountain lake. |
D |
| 1947-10-09 |
402 |
SE-AXL
|
Vastenjaure
(Lake),
Norrland,
Sweden |
? |
? |
? |
Crashed
on Lake. |
D |
| 1947-10-31 |
202 |
LN-MAF
|
Atlöy,
Sogn,
Norway |
? |
Landing |
? |
Crashed
on landing at sea near the island Atlöy. Rebuilt. |
M |
| 1947-11-26 |
865 |
LN-PAK
|
Kjevik,
Kristiandsand,
Norway |
? |
landing |
? |
Landing
accident. Repaired. |
M |
| 1948-03-23 |
864 |
LN-PAI
|
Höyanger,
Norway |
none |
landing |
FOD |
Hit
a submerged object during landing at sea. The aircraft was
taxied ashore. |
D |
| 1948-04-06 |
368 |
SE-AXH
|
Årsta,
Stockholm,
Sweden |
? |
? |
? |
Crashed
near Årsta. |
D |
| 1948-06-11 |
953 |
LN-MAL
|
Bergen
Harbour,
Bergen,
Norway |
none |
taxiing |
? |
Water
taxiing accident. Repaired. |
M |
| 1948-07-15 |
646 |
LN-PAF
|
Fornebu
Airport,
Oslo,
Norway |
? |
take
off |
? |
A/c
crashed on take off. Repaired. |
M |
| 1948-08-05 |
646 |
LN-PAF
|
Fornebu
SPB,
Oslo,
Norway |
? |
landing |
? |
Accident
when landing at Fornebu SPB. Repaired. |
M |
| 1949-02-27 |
412 |
SE-AXE
|
South
Rhodesia,
Africa |
2 |
take
off |
? |
Crashed
on take of from small bush airstrip |
D |
| 1949-02-28 |
905 |
LN-PAL
|
Sola
Airport,
Stavanger,
Norway |
4
serious |
take
off |
stall |
Stalled
and crashed during take off, probably due to snow/ice on wings and
heavy load. |
D |
| 1949-09-01 |
401 |
SE-AXK
|
Stora
Värtan (Lake),
Lidingö,
Sweden |
? |
? |
? |
Crashed
on Lake. |
D |
| 1950-05-30 |
647 |
LN-PAH
|
Sola
SPB,
Norway |
? |
landing |
? |
Landing
accident at sea. Repaired. |
M |
| 1950-07-09 |
146 |
TF-VIA
|
Tingvallavatn
(Lake),
Iceland |
? |
? |
? |
Sank
in Lake 'Tingvallavatn'. |
S |
| 1950-10-27 |
646 |
LN-PAF
|
Bardufoss
AFB,
Målselv,
Norway |
? |
landing |
? |
Wheels
up landing at airport. Repaired. |
M |
| 1951-05-21 |
469 |
SE-AXN
|
Vismen
(Lake),
Sweden |
? |
? |
? |
Crashed
on lake. |
D |
| 1951-08-01 |
828 |
LN-PAP
|
Steinvik,
Storelvdal,
Norway |
4 minor |
cruise |
fuel |
Due
to fuel starvation an emergency landing was made on a sump, destroying
the aircraft. |
D |
| 1952-06-15 |
823 |
SE-AXW
|
Gillingelandet,
Stockholm,
Sweden |
? |
? |
? |
? |
D |
| 1955-07-03 |
646 |
LN-PAF
|
Fornebu,
Oslo,
Norway |
? |
landing |
? |
Landing
accident. |
M |
| 1955-07-16 |
645 |
LN-TSN
|
Ålesund
SPB,
Norway |
none |
taxiing |
pilot |
When
taxiing, the a/c hit Seabee LN-PAK. Repaired. |
M |
| 1955-07-16 |
865 |
LN-PAK
|
Aalesund
SPB,
Norway |
none |
taxiing |
? |
Hit
by another Seabee (LN-TSN) that taxied into the aircraft on
water. Repaired. |
M |
| 1955-08-23 |
645 |
LN-TSN
|
Nordfjordeid,
Norway |
1 fatal
1 minor |
landing |
glassy
water |
When
making a night/glassy water landing to pick up an ambulance patient,
the a/c hit the water at high sink rate and crashed. The 17 year old
assistant was not able to release seatbelts and drowned. |
D |
| 1956-06-26 |
269 |
SE-AXC
|
Porjus,
Sweden |
? |
landing
water |
? |
Crashed
on emergency landing. |
D |
| 1957-01-22 |
644 |
LN-PAM
|
Leirvik,
Stord,
Norway |
2 fatal
1 serious
2 minor |
take
off |
FOD |
On
ambulance flight the a/c hit an object floating in the sea on take off
in the dark and crashed. The doctor and the baby patient died. Pilot
seriously injured. The 2nd pilot and mother of baby only minor
injuries. |
D |
| 1957-07-03 |
? |
"103"
|
Lake
Ypacarai, San Bernandino, Paraguay |
?
fatal |
landing
water |
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Operated
by Aviación Naval Paraguaya (ANP) - Paraguayan Navy - ANP code
"103". |
D |
| 1957-08-08 |
202 |
LN-BDT
|
Gossen
airfield,
Norway |
? |
landing |
? |
Crashed
on landing at small airfield 'Gossen'. Repaired. |
M |
| 1957-08-11 |
647 |
LN-PAH
|
Langesjöen
(Lake),
Hardangervidda,
Norway |
? |
take
off |
? |
Take
off accident from water. Repaired. |
M |
| 1958-07-08 |
726 |
SE-AXU
|
Lake
Sitojaure,
Porjus,
Sweden |
? |
? |
? |
? |
D |
| 1958-09-30 |
679 |
OH-EGA
|
Kaukopää,
Finland |
? |
landing |
gear
down |
Landed
gear down on water, overturned and sank. |
D |
| 1958-10-19 |
558 |
TG-CIP
|
Guatemala |
? |
? |
? |
? |
D |
| 1959-04-07 |
865 |
LN-PAK
|
Skodje,
Norway |
? |
take
off |
? |
Accident
on water take off. Repaired. |
M |
| 1959-07-30 |
724 |
SE-AXT
|
Skavbränna,
Jämtland,
Sweden |
? |
? |
? |
? |
D |
| 1961-06-23 |
646 |
SE-CHF
|
Höör,
Sweden |
? |
? |
? |
? |
D |
| 1962-06-15 |
737 |
LN-MAM
(OH-SBC)
|
Fågelhorn,
Hernøsand,
Sweden |
1 minor |
landing |
pilot |
During
water landing right wing float hit the sea hard and disintegrated from
the aircraft. Right wing dug in, and when giving throttle to
rise the wing again, the Seabee flipped over on its back. Pilot
was rescued by two boatmen. |
D |
| 1962-06-22 |
647 |
LN-PAH
|
Kristiansand
Harbour,
Norway |
? |
? |
? |
Hit
by a boat. |
D |
| 1963-06-30 |
470 |
SE-AXO
|
Siggetorasjön
(Lake),
Uppland,
Sweden |
? |
? |
? |
Crashed
on lake. |
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| 1963-08-03 |
400 |
SE-AXI
|
Alleb
Allotjåkko (Lake),
Norrland,
Sweden |
4 fatal |
? |
? |
Crashed
into mountain. |
D |
| 1964-08-15 |
865 |
SE-CMM
|
Stenungsund,
Sweden |
? |
landing |
gear
down |
Landed
gear down on water, overturned and sank. |
D |
| 1964-10-15 |
829 |
LN-TVV
|
Skjörhalsen,
Norway |
? |
? |
? |
Major
damage in accident. Repaired. |
S |
| 1965-06-18 |
109 |
SE-AXA
|
Stora
Sjöfallet,
Sweden |
? |
? |
? |
? |
D |
| 1967-08-06 |
200 |
OH-SBB
|
Puumala,
Finland |
? |
Take
off |
? |
Crashed
on take off. |
S |
| 1980-02-28 |
143 |
N87576
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McKenna,
WA, USA |
1 serious
1 minor |
Take
off |
engine |
After
take off from Western Airpark, Yelm, the engine stopped and an
emergency wheels-up landing was made on a field near McKenna. The
Seabee hit ground hard and was severely damaged. The 70 year old
passenger was seriously injured. |
S |
| 1984-09-12 |
782 |
N6516K
|
Little
Rock, AR,
USA |
1
serious |
Take
off |
engine
propeller |
According to pilot's statement, in the 6 hours of
experience in the aircraft, the max engine RPM attained was
2,000. During the initial legs of the ferry from Morristown, TN,
to California,
numerous takeoffs were aborted because the aircraft would not
accelerate to proper take off speed. Prior to the accident 2
unsuccessful takeoffs were aborted on the 9,000 ft runway. On
the third try the aircraft climbed to about 200 ft but was unable to
maintain altitude. In an attempt to clear a highway, the pilot
raised the nose until the aircraft stalled, entered an uncontrolled
descent and impacted the ground short of the road.
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D |
| 1989-09-22 |
203 |
SE-BXC
|
Stora
Sjöfallet (Lake),
Norrland,
Sweden |
? |
Landing |
engine |
The
GO-480 engine stopped just before landing on lake. A/c caught fire and
was destroyed. |
D |
| 1993-08-?? |
184 |
N6014K
|
Scott
Lake, WA, USA |
1
minor |
landing |
gear
down |
Landed
gear down on water, after refueling on an airport. |
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| 1999-08-23 |
250 |
N6070K
|
Discovery
Bay,
Chimacum,
WA,
USA |
2
fatal |
landing |
stall |
The
two pilots departed Port Angeles, Washington, for Corvallis, Oregon,
with the intention of making practice landings en route. Witnesses
observed the aircraft in a smooth, descending, right turn lining up to
the north over the south end of Discovery Bay and headed towards 50
foot power lines which crossed the bay on an east/west line. Just
short of the power lines, the aircraft was observed to execute a sharp
90 degree left turn, descend out of control to the water, bounce into
the air and then re-enter the water in a steep, nose down attitude.
Stall, gusty windy conditions. |
D |
| 2000-10-12 |
363 |
N6175K
|
Baraboo
(DLL), WI,
USA
|
2
none |
climb |
engine |
During
initial climb-out, airspeed began to decay and climb rate decreased
quickly. Return to runway seemed impossible. At AGL at less than
200' aircraft was turned into wind, towards best field. Avoided
obstacles and landed in corn field. Intake valve spring failed on #5
cylinder. |
M |
| 2000-09-13 |
270 |
LN-IKK
|
Kjeller
Airport,
Norway |
none |
landing |
Landing
gear |
Emergency
gear up landing was made after the gear retraction lug failed. |
M |
| 2001-03-23 |
508 |
N6295K
|
Carr
Inlet,
WA, USA |
1
none |
cruise |
propeller |
At
1,500 feet (msl) pilot observed an engine over speed condition.
The pilot reduced engine RPM and executed a forced water landing. The
airplane's propeller had separated from the crankshaft flange. |
M |
| 2001-08-21 |
1043 |
N6755K
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Chimacum,
WA, USA |
none |
cruise |
magnetos |
All
power was lost. The pilot selected an open field as landing site.
The landing gear had been extended and as the aircraft was maneuvered
onto a short final, the right main landing gear struck a cow. The
aircraft yawed into a left skid, contacted the ground and skidded
through a barbwire fence. Post-crash examination revealed that the
right magneto had grounded internally resulting in its failure to
operate. Additional testing revealed the left coil ignition system had
also grounded internally as evidence by arcing, and it too, had failed. |
S |
| 2003/06/16 |
1006 |
N6723K
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Yelm, WA,
USA
|
1
fatal
1 serious |
take
off |
N/A |
N6723K
was destroyed after impacting trees following a takeoff run at Western
Airpark (92W) near Yelm, Washington. The left seat pilot-rated
passenger received serious injuries, while the right seat airline
transport pilot sustained fatal injuries. The accident is under
investigation by NTSB. |
D |
| 2005/05/14 |
505 |
N6292K
|
Santa Rosa, CA, USA |
3
none |
take
off |
engine |
Departed
Santa Rosa, California, for Lake Berryessa when aircraft lost engine
power and made a forced landing in a vineyard, Santa Rosa at time
22:10. The damage to the the Bee is reported to be
substantial. |
S |
| 2011/01/21 |
001 |
N48VP
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Shasta
Lake, Redding, California,
USA |
3
none |
landing |
debris |
During
landing on lake, R/H wing float hit debris. R/H wing sank into
water. Pilot added throttle to lift wing out of water - but
failed. The aircraft flipped and capsized. All 3 aboard
escaped without injuries. |
S |
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(N) = No damage. |
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(M) = minor damage (rebuildable). (S)
= substantial damage (rebuildable). |
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(D) = destroyed |
Sources:
- Kay Hagby; "Fra Nielsen & Winther til Boeing 747 - Norske
sivilregistrerte fly 1919 - 1998" [ISBN 82-994752-0-1]
- Lars E. Lundin; "Flyghistorisk Revy 30 - Svenskt Civilregister
1" [ Swedish AHS 1983]
- Lars E. Lundin; "Flyghistorisk Revy 36 - Svenskt Civilregister
2" [ISSN 0345-3413 Swedish AHS 1992]
- Lars E. Lundin; "Svenskt Civilregister 3" [ISSN 1100-9837 Swedish
AHS 1995]
- NTSB Aviation Accident
Database and Synopses
- Newspapers
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