Sikorsky S-38 crash, Sep 13, 1932, Angmagssalik (Tasiilaq...
Sikorsky S-38 accident on September 13, 1932 near Angmagssalik (Tasiilaq) Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, Greenland with no fatalities. Cause: Snow loading...
- Date: September 13, 1932
- Aircraft: Sikorsky S-38
- Location: Angmagssalik (Tasiilaq) Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, Greenland
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Snow loading and poor visibility in a blizzard forced a nearly blind landing, and drift ice punctured a pontoon
George R. Hutchinson's Sikorsky S 38 NC159H, on a private New York to London flight, had to land nearly blind off the Greenland coast in a blizzard. Drift ice punctured a pontoon and the aircraft was later crushed by an iceberg. All nine occupants were rescued by the trawler Lord Talbot.