The accident aircraft was a Convair CV-340-62, which had been converted to a CV-440 Metropolitan.
It had production date 23 June 1954 and was delivered to Real Transportes Aéreos of Brazil on 17 November 1955, where it was registered as PP-YRC.
It became the property of Varig with the merger of the two airlines in August 1961.
This made the aircraft superfluous and it was subsequently sold to Linjeflyg on 13 December 1961 through the holding company Airtaco.
The aircraft was registered in Sweden on 14 March 1962 as SE-CCK.
It was subsequently sent to Oslo for conversion to a CV-440.
Ownership was transferred from Airtaco to its owner, Dagens Nyheter, in 1962.
They sold it to Aerotransport on 1 October 1964.

Flight 267 was a scheduled, domestic service which was scheduled to fly from Stockholm Bromma Airport to Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport, with intermediate stops at Hultsfred Airport and Halmstad Airport.
Due to poor weather it was decided that the aircraft would not land at Hultsfred and the flight code was changed to FL 267V to reflect this.
The aircraft had a flight crew of four, of which one of the two flight attendants was under training.
Thirty-nine passengers boarded the aircraft in Stockholm, including one child and three members of Parliament.
It departed Bromma at 19:46.
It cruised at an altitude of 3,600 meters (12,000 ft).
While en route, increasing fog was observed at Halmstad and the meteorologist at Ängelholm recommended that the aircraft bypass Halmstad and fly directly to Ängelholm.

Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport was primarily a military air station, denoted F 10 Ängelholm.
Because of this its instrument landing system was configured significantly different from most civilian airports.
The runway's two radio beacons, LJ and J, were located at unusual distances from normal.
LJ was situated 10.4 kilometers (6.5 mi) from the runway threshold instead of the normal 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) and J was located at 3,080 meters (10,100 ft) instead of the normal 1,200 meters (3,900 ft).
Also, the approach lighting system's strobeacon was located 2,250 meters (7,380 ft) from and 110 meters (360 ft) starboard of the runway's center line, but this light was not indicated on the instrument, approach and landing chart.
Therefore, any aircraft which would pass beacon and aimed for the approach light would be aligned to land right of the runway.

Ängelholm was experiencing rain and visibility between 1.5 and 2.0 kilometers (0.9 and 1.2 mi).
The cloud base was only 60 meters (200 ft).
The crew considered diverting to another suitable location, such as Malmö Bulltofta Airport and Copenhagen Airport, or even returning to Stockholm, but upon reaching Halmstad the pilots chose to make a direct approach to Ängelholm runway 14 using visual flight rules.
Given the weather conditions this was a highly unusual landing plan: normal procedure would be to turn northwest and carry out an instrument approach instead.
The accident aircraft was a Convair CV-340-62, which had been converted to a CV-440 Metropolitan. It had production date 23 June 1954 and was delivered to Real Transportes Aéreos of Brazil on 17 November 1955, where it was registered as PP-YRC. It became the property of Varig with the merger of the two airlines in August 1961. This made the aircraft superfluous and it was subsequently sold to Linjeflyg on 13 December 1961 through the holding company Airtaco. The aircraft was registered in Sweden on 14 March 1962 as SE-CCK. It was subsequently sent to Oslo for conversion to a CV-440. Ownership was transferred from Airtaco to its owner, Dagens Nyheter, in 1962. They sold it to Aerotransport on 1 October 1964.
Flight 267 was a scheduled, domestic service which was scheduled to fly from Stockholm Bromma Airport to Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport, with intermediate stops at Hultsfred Airport and Halmstad Airport. Due to poor weather it was decided that the aircraft would not land at Hultsfred and the flight code was changed to FL 267V to reflect this. The aircraft had a flight crew of four, of which one of the two flight attendants was under training. Thirty-nine passengers boarded the aircraft in Stockholm, including one child and three members of Parliament. It departed Bromma at 19:46. It cruised at an altitude of 3,600 meters (12,000 ft). While en route, increasing fog was observed at Halmstad and the meteorologist at Ängelholm recommended that the aircraft bypass Halmstad and fly directly to Ängelholm.
Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport was primarily a military air station, denoted F 10 Ängelholm. Because of this its instrument landing system was configured significantly different from most civilian airports. The runway's two radio beacons, LJ and J, were located at unusual distances from normal. LJ was situated 10.4 kilometers (6.5 mi) from the runway threshold instead of the normal 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) and J was located at 3,080 meters (10,100 ft) instead of the normal 1,200 meters (3,900 ft). Also, the approach lighting system's strobeacon was located 2,250 meters (7,380 ft) from and 110 meters (360 ft) starboard of the runway's center line, but this light was not indicated on the instrument, approach and landing chart. Therefore, any aircraft which would pass beacon and aimed for the approach light would be aligned to land right of the runway.
Ängelholm was experiencing rain and visibility between 1.5 and 2.0 kilometers (0.9 and 1.2 mi). The cloud base was only 60 meters (200 ft). The crew considered diverting to another suitable location, such as Malmö Bulltofta Airport and Copenhagen Airport, or even returning to Stockholm, but upon reaching Halmstad the pilots chose to make a direct approach to Ängelholm runway 14 using visual flight rules. Given the weather conditions this was a highly unusual landing plan: normal procedure would be to turn northwest and carry out an instrument approach instead.
Linjeflyg Flight 267