Accident description
Last updated: 25 July 2014
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 26 June 1994 |
| Time: | 19:40 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M |
| Operator: | Air Ivoire |
| Registration: | TU-TIP |
| C/n / msn: | 10577 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Airplane damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 5,5 km (3.4 mls) from Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ) ( Cote d'Ivoire)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San-Pédro Airport (SPY/DISP), Cote d'Ivoire |
| Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport (ABJ/DIAP), Cote d'Ivoire | |
| Flightnumber: | 777 |
The F-27 crashed in a wooded area, 3nm short of the runway with flaps and undercarriage still retracted.
Sources:
» Airnieuws 296 (p. 20)» Airnieuws 297 (p. 22)
» Flight International 13-19.7.1994 (p.10)
» ICAO Adrep Summary 4/94 (#77)
» Scramble 183
» Volkskrant 2.7.94
Photos
PH-EXK prior to delivery to the Ivory Coast Government. The Government sold the plane to Air Ivoire.
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 San-Pédro Airport to Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport as the crow flies is 307 km (192 miles).
Distance from San-Pédro Airport to Abidjan-Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport as the crow flies is 307 km (192 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.
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Fokker F-27
- 129th loss
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