Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | vendredi 3 mai 1963 |
Heure: | 13:27 UTC |
Type/Sous-type: | Douglas DC-6B |
Compagnie: | Air Afrique |
Immatriculation: | F-BIAO |
Numéro de série: | 45479/996 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1958 |
Moteurs: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
Equipage: | victimes: 7 / à bord: 7 |
Passagers: | victimes: 48 / à bord: 48 |
Total: | victimes: 55 / à bord: 55 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | Mt. Cameroon ( Cameroun)
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Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
Aéroport de départ: | Douala Airport (DLA/FKKD), Cameroun |
Aéroport de destination: | Lagos/Ikeja International Airport (LOS/DNMM), Nigéria |
Détails:The Air Afrique flight took off from Douala runway 12 at 13:16 GMT on an IFR flight plan to Lagos, cruising altitude 16500 feet. Last radio contact was with Kano at 13:25 when the crew estimated leaving the FIR around 13:38. Two minutes later the aircraft struck Mount Cameroon in a straight climb at 6500 feet (800 m below the peak).
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident was caused by a lack of caution on the part of the pilot-in-command who deliberately selected a route which led the aircraft into a dangerous and even prohibited sector at too low an altitude. Also, he neglected his navigation and transferred to instrument flight when approaching the mountain range."
Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume I, Circular 78-AN/66 (51-58)
Photos
accident date:
03-05-1963type: Douglas DC-6B
registration: F-BIAO
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Douala Airport et Lagos/Ikeja International Airport est de 760 km (475 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.