Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 FEB 1980 |
| Type: | Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159 Gulfstream II TT |
| Operator: | Gabon Government |
| Registration: | TR-KHB |
| C/n / msn: | 127 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Ngaoundéré Airport (NGE) (Cameroon)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | N'Djamena Airport (NDJ/FTTJ), Chad |
| N'Gaoundéré Airport (NGE/FKKN), Cameroon |
Crashed on approach. One of the passengers was René Journiac, French presidential adviser on Africa affairs. He was on his way to Libreville, Gabon.
Sources:
» The Spokesman-Review - Feb 8, 1980
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from N'Djamena Airport to N'Gaoundéré Airport as the crow flies is 552 km (345 miles).
Distance from N'Djamena Airport to N'Gaoundéré Airport as the crow flies is 552 km (345 miles).
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.
