Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 JAN 1979 |
| Time: | ca 19:40 |
| Type: | Nord 262A-44 |
| Operator: | Air Algérie |
| Registration: | 7T-VSU |
| C/n / msn: | 19 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Engines: | 2 Turbomeca Bastan VI-C1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 20 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 23 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) from Béchar-Leger Airport (CBH) (Algeria)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Béchar-Leger Airport (CBH/DAOC), Algeria |
The aircraft descended too low and crashed 15 km short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Non-compliance with prescribed procedures; lack of crew coordination; faulty altimeter; crew fatigue.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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