Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 MAR 1983 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Libyan Ministry of Agriculture |
| Registration: | 5A-DCP |
| C/n / msn: | 605 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN) (Libya) |
| Phase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The Twin Otter contaced another aircraft while taxiing on the ramp. The aircraft was then moved off to the side of the apron area and jacked up so that repairs could be carried out. An unusually strong wind came up a few days later and blew the aircraft over. It was broken up and parted out.
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 199
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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.
