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I-SIAE
Photo: © courtesy Scott Henderson
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AIRCRAFT DATA |
| Manufacturer: |
SIAI
Marchetti;
Sesto Calende (Lago Maggiore), Italy. |
| Model: |
FN-333
Riviera |
| Type
Certificate No: |
A-91
(RAI 1958-12-09)
7A5 (FAA 1958-12-15 ) |
| Serial
Number: |
005 |
| Manufacturing
Date: |
1963 |
| Engine: |
Continental
IO-470-P six-cylinder, 250 hp at 2600 RPM.
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| Remarks: |
Non-standard
paint scheme. Destroyed. |
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| Reg.
No. |
Date |
Remarks |
| I-SIAE |
1963-??-?? |
Manufacturing
date. |
| 1963-??-?? |
First
flight. |
| 1963-06-05 |
CdN # 6677 issued to SIAI Marchetti; Sesto Calende, Vergiate, Italy. |
| 1963-06-15 |
Photographed
at Paris Air Show, Le
Bourget, France. |
| 1964-07-18 |
Vergiate;
Italy. TTSN: 100 hrs. |
| 1965-05-29 |
Vergiate;
Italy. TTSN: 126 hrs. |
| 1965-06-?? |
Imported
by Ocean Products AS, Norway, to be used by the new seaplane operator
Westwing AS that was under establishment i Bergen. They would operate
their seaplanes out of Sandviken SPB, while land planes would be based
at Bergen Airport, Flesland. |
| 1965-07-?? |
Aircraft
arrived Sandviken SPB, Bergen Harbour, Norway, for
overnight stay. |
| 1965-07-05 |
Aircraft
overturned at moorings in Sandviken SPB by heavy winds. Salvaged
and brought ashore. Engine removed. |
| 1965-07-21 |
Airlifted
by Agusta Bell 204B helicopter (Helicopter Service AS) from Bergen
harbor to be transported to Flesland Airport. Early in the airlift, the
aircraft started to rotate and swing heavily. The helicopter pilot; Jan
Norvald Johnstad, decided
to drop her into the sea in Byfjorden near Gravdal, Askøy. The Riviera
broke up and sank when the ferry boat between Kleppestø and Bergen
tried to salvage her. The Riviera still had the Italian registration I-SIAE
painted on. The Riviera was never recovered and should still be
lying at the bottom of Byfjorden... |
| 1965-??-?? |
Cancelled
from RAI. |
| (LN-HHD) |
1965-??-?? |
Norwegian
C of A # 735 and Cof R # 706 reserved for Ocean Products AS; Bergen,
Norway. Certificates were never issued due to the accident.
Registration LN-HHD was never applied to aircraft. |
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Sources: |
FAA
Aircraft Registry
Hendrik van der Veen
Kay Hagby
Yngve Smørdal
Aftenposten 22 July 1965
Bergens Tidende |
I-SIAE
Hoisted from sea in Bergen.
06 July 1965
Photo: © courtesy Yngve Smørdal
I-SIAE
Sinking into fjord outside Bergen.
Engine had been removed before helicopter lift.
21 July 1965
Photo: © BT
I-SIAE
Helicopter lift.
21 July 1965
Photo: © BT
I-SIAE
Flesland Airport, Bergen, Norway
July 1965
Photo: © BT
I-SIAE
Flesland Airport, Bergen, Norway
July 1965
Photo: © BT
I-SIAE
Paris - Le Bourget (LFPB), France
15 June 1963
Photo: © Robin A. Walker
Air Britain www.abpic.co.uk
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