Vikbo Gård air accident
Saab 32 Lansen · Premature ejection as a result of engine stoppage
From Karlsborg Airfield, Karlsborg, Sweden to an unrecorded destination
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 7 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 1
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Saab 32 Lansen
- Aircraft type
- Saab 32
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- Unknown
- Onboard fatalities
- 7
- Route
- From Karlsborg Airfield, Karlsborg, SwedenTo not recorded
Approximate · Estimated position: Köping, Sweden, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
The Vikbo Gård air accident, also known as the Vikbo accident, was an air accident on 26 October 1960 at Vikbo Gård outside Köping. The flight, which was a Saab Lansen on a surveillance mission from the Västergötland Wing, took off from Karlsborg Airfield on the morning of 26 October 1960 and flew north along the shore of Vättern. Just above Köping the pilot Uno Magnusson described that he had developed engine problems and decided to use the ejection mechanism. The aircraft, which was then unmanned, glided into the cottage at Vikbo Gård and killed 7 people.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Swedish Wikipedia article “Flygolyckan på Vikbo Gård” (revision 59574044, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Swedish Wikipedia article: Flygolyckan på Vikbo Gård
- Article
- Flygolyckan på Vikbo Gård
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 59574044 · 2026-08-16 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q114071300
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- sv Wikipedia article "Flygolyckan på Vikbo Gård" (page 8688721, revision 59574044), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): A Saab Lansen jet of an air force wing on a surveillance mission: a military flight. The article: "The flight, which was a Saab Lansen on a surveillance mission from the Västergötland Wing"
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Swedish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.