1970 Stockholm Spantax Convair CV-990 crash

Aviation accident in Stockholm, Sweden 1970 Spantax Convair CV-990 crash Spantax - Convair 990A (30A-5).jpg EC-BNM, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1968. Accident 1970 01 05 y Microburst-induced wind shear along with inclement weather 1,800 meters southwest of Arlanda Airport Runway 01/19. 59 37 40.81 N 17 53 51.35 E title,inline 7 3 5 5 Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronadohttp://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700105-1 Aviation Safety Network 05 JAN 1970 13 January 2012 Spantax EC-BNM Stockholm Arlanda Airport Palma de Mallorca Airport (original) Zürich Airport On 5 January 1970, a Convair 990 Coronado operated by the Spanish airline Spantax crashed shortly after take-off from Stockholm Arlanda Airport, killing five of the ten people on board. Background The aircraft was earlier that evening about to fly to Mallorca with Swedish travelers, but at take-off the number 4 engine developed a fault. The take-off was aborted and the aircraft returned to the gate and the passengers were allowed to leave the aircraft. Later in the evening it was decided to perform a three-engine ferry flight to Zürich for an engine-change.http://www.skavstaairport.se/305.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160121025237/http://www.skavstaairport.se/305.html Skavsta Airport Ett litet stycke flyghistoria saxat ur litteratur A small piece of aviation history cut out from literature 13 January 2012 21 January 2016 Swedish On board were three crew members and seven passengers. There was a strong wind and −27 °C at the airport.http://ortopedisktmagasin.se/orto_77-96/92_1_komplett.pdf Ortopediskt Magasin Mot alla odds flyger han igen Against all odds, he flies again Tor Hierton 6–9 1992 1 Landstingens inköpscentral (LIC) Solna Swedish Accident At 22:24 hours the aircraft started its take-off roll on runway 19. During the take-off roll, the nose yawed to the right. This was corrected by retarding number 1 engine power from 85% to 80-60%. The aircraft rotated at 134 knots with 27 degrees flaps. While climbing, the aircraft banked 4-6 degrees to the right and the airspeed suddenly dropped to 10 knots below V2 (145 knots). The aircraft contacted some treetops, banked 10-15 degrees and crashed 1,800 meters from the point of lift-off. The plane ploughed a long road in the woods and broke into several pieces. The cockpit was separated from the rest of the fuselage and was wedged between tree trunks and hard frozen ground and tilted 45 degrees to the left. First officer Miguel Granado was sitting to the right and became trapped when the seat pushed forward and both legs were caught up under the instrument panel. His right lower leg was broken and angled. His left foot was tightly pinched as well as his left calf and achilles tendon. Askew under the pilot was one of the aircraft maintenance engineers, trapped with multiple rib fractures. Granado held, without gloves, his hands on one of the fuselage pipes and tried to keep himself up and thereby relieve pressure on his friend's chest. Both hands received severe frostbite. The captain escaped with minor contusions and was able to break free and get out. Aware of the risk of being motionless at these low temperatures, he walked around and tried to keep the body heat up and thereby escaped with minor frostbite on the hands and feet. They searched in the prevailing darkness and powder snow for the Emergency Locator Transmitter and could, after it was found, call for help. What the crew did not know was that there was a house where a family, asleep and oblivious to the accident, only a hundred meters from the crash site. The family later woke up when a police helicopter flew low over their house.http://www.unt.se/sigtunabygden/blogg/mitt-uppland/sparen-fran-en-flygkatastrof/?blog=3426993&entry=3884981 https://web.archive.org/web/20170104000859/http://www.unt.se/sigtunabygden/blogg/mitt-uppland/sparen-fran-en-flygkatastrof/?blog=3426993&entry=3884981 Upsala Nya Tidning Spåren från en flygkatastrof The tracks from an air disaster Jens Flyckt 2015-09-17 3 January 2016 4 January 2017 Swedish Emergency response Four hours after the accident the emergency response located the plane. First officer Granado who was trapped, had to wait over eight hours in the bitter cold before he was free. At the time of the accident, disaster preparedness at Arlanda was minimal. An ambulance was stationed at Löwenströmska lasarettet in Upplands Väsby 10 km south, but had no radio installed. Staff were sent out in white robes, and clogs on their feet to help the survivors.http://www.corren.se/asikter/debatt/planera-for-det-tankbara-6129233.aspx Östgöta Correspondenten Planera för det tänkbara Planning for the possible Bror Gårdelöf 2012-08-23 4 September 2015 Swedishhttps://www.msb.se/Upload/Om%20MSB/Forskning/Kunskapsoversikt/Katastrofmedicin.pdf Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency Kunskapsöversikt, katastrofmedicin ur ett nationellt och internationellt perspektiv Knowledge survey, disaster medicine from a national and international perspective Anders Rüter 9 10 September 2015 Swedish https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103828/https://www.msb.se/Upload/Om%20MSB/Forskning/Kunskapsoversikt/Katastrofmedicin.pdf 2016-03-04 dead Five people, including a Swedish flight attendant, died in the cold weather.http://www.flyghistoria.org/kronologi/1970_1979.pdf Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening KRONOLOGI ÖVER FLYGET I SVERIGE CHRONOLOGY OF AVIATION IN SWEDEN 4 January 2010 13 January 2012 Swedish dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141006085728/http://www.flyghistoria.org/kronologi/1970_1979.pdf 6 October 2014 Investigation The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority summarized the interacting factors of the accident: Unexpected early loss of external visual reference after take-off. Loss of directional control during transition from visual to instrument flying. The yaw created increased drag and yaw induced roll. The presence of a temperature inversion, which resulted in a down draught and speed loss. Presence of wind shear, which caused additional speed loss. The group within the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority that investigated the emergency response pointed out certain deficiencies in the search and rescue systems, which later resulted in a reorganization. Aftermath The Spantax accident was one of the events that caused the Swedish health care to develop both the disaster medical preparedness and equipment.http://sammantradeshandlingar.sll.se/sites/sammantradeshandlingar.sll.se/Handlingar/Landstingsstyrelsen/2008/ls080916/handb0646.pdf National Board of Health and Welfare Katastrofmedicinsk beredskap - Handbok Emergency Medical Preparedness - Guide 12 24 June 2008 10 September 2015 Swedish They also began to set up emergency plans. See also Delta Air Lines Flight 191, USAir Flight 1016, Pan Am Flight 806 and United Nations Flight 834, all accidents where a microburst contributed to an accident. References 2 External links Aviation accident report Category:1970 in Sweden Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1970 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Convair 990 Coronado Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Sweden Category:Spantax accidents and incidents Category:20th century in Stockholm County Category:January 1970 in Europe