Report on the serious incident over glacier Folgefonna, Norway on 14. September 2005 with ATR 42-320, LN-FAO, operated by Coast Air AS

Aviation report 2009/02 eng

Facts

Location	South East of Folgefonna
Occurrence date	14.09.2005
ICAO Location indicator	ENSO
Aircraft	Øvrige motorfly
Registration	LN-FAO
Meteorological conditions	IMC
County	Hordaland
Type of occurrence	Serious incident
Type of operation	Scheduled air transport
Category of operation	Heavy, aeroplane (> 10 000kg)
Aircraft category	Landplane, Multi-engine, Turboprop/turboshaft
FIR/AOR	ENSV (Stavanger ATCC)

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