Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 JUN 1986 |
| Time: | 04:08 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AIQ |
| C/n / msn: | 819 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Dembidollo (Ethiopia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB), Ethiopia |
| Dembidollo Airport (DEM/HADD), Ethiopia |
The Twin Otter encountered rising terrain, covered by low stratus clouds. In an attempt to clear the rising terrain, maximum climb power was applied, with 10deg flaps. The aircraft began to stall and continued to stall even when 20deg of flaps were selected. The Twin Otter struck trees and crashed.
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 3/94 (#241)
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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 Addis Ababa-Bole Airport to Dembidollo Airport as the crow flies is 433 km (271 miles).
Distance from Addis Ababa-Bole Airport to Dembidollo Airport as the crow flies is 433 km (271 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.
