Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
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| Date: | 31 OCT 1981 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Cameroon Airlines |
| Registration: | TJ-CBC |
| C/n / msn: | 416 |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 24 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bafoussam Airport (BFX) (Cameroon)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bafoussam Airport (BFX/FKKU), Cameroon |
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The Twin Otter lost altitude after reaching just 15m on take-off. The aircraft couldn't be stopped on the remaining runway and overshot by 43m.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Overloaded. Factors were a.o. misjudged distance and speed and an inadequate pre-flight planning. Sources:
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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.
