Brittnorman BN-2A N587JA

3 January 1969 · Narssaruaq, Greenland · No injuries

Summary

On 3 January 1969 at about 13:40 local time, a Brittnorman BN-2A registered N587JA, operated by Jonas Aircraft, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Narssaruaq, Greenland. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 January 1969 at 13:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Narssaruaq, Greenland
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Brittnorman BN-2A
Registration: N587JA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Jonas Aircraft
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0011

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INVESIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF DANISH GOVT.HIT ICE CAP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0011, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Brittnorman BN-2A accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Oct 1969	Brittnorman BN-2A N852JA	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	San Juan Air I	Fatal	2
9 Sep 1970	Brittnorman BN-2A N855JA	Orocovis, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	San Juan Air *	Fatal	1
21 Jan 1970	Brittnorman BN-2A N598JA	Port Ewen, New York, United States no coordinates	Mountain Airwa	No injuries	-
27 Aug 1970	Brittnorman BN-2A N676SA	New Shrewsbury, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Suburban Air *	No injuries	-
22 Dec 1971	Brittnorman BN-2A N42JA	Dajabon, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	North CAY Air*	No injuries	-
7 Oct 1971	Brittnorman BN-2A N857JA	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Cavico Alamo	No injuries	-

All 24 records for this type

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27 Feb 1967	Aero Comdr 680-FL N6313U	6424N 4221W, Greenland no coordinates	Air Carrier SE	No injuries	-
14 Aug 1967	Aero Comdr 680-FL N6362U	Greenland Ice Cap, Greenland no coordinates	Atlantic Comma	Fatal	1
28 Aug 1966	Piper PA-18 N4176Z	Jacobshavn Green, Greenland no coordinates	Oblate Fathers	No injuries	-
17 Mar 1978	Beechcraft 65 N8431N	Angmagslk, Greenland no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
24 Jul 1998	Cessna 152 N6333H	Ice Cap, Greenland no coordinates	Oz-Air Aviation	Fatal	1

All 19 records in Greenland