Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, Oct 8, 1991, Narsarsuaq
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on October 8, 1991 near Narsarsuaq, Kommune Kujalleq, Greenland with no fatalities. Cause: Icing forced a descent...
- Date: October 8, 1991
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Narsarsuaq, Kommune Kujalleq, Greenland
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Icing forced a descent below cloud, and the aircraft struck an ice sheet in low visibility.
An Embraer Bandeirante on a ferry flight with three crew aboard descended from 9,000 feet through icing to get below cloud. It struck an ice sheet in Greenland at about 180 knots. All three crew survived and were picked up by a Danish Navy helicopter, and the aircraft was destroyed.