Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 DEC 1994 |
| Time: | 10:40 |
| Type: | Aérospatiale/Aeritalia ATR-72-202 |
| Operator: | Air Gabon |
| Registration: | F-OHOC |
| C/n / msn: | 318 |
| First flight: | 1992 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW124B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Oyem Airport (OYE) (Gabon)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bitam Airport (BMM/FOOB), Gabon |
| Oyem Airport (OYE/FOGO), Gabon |
The ATR-72 touched down 500m down runway 21 following a visual approach. The aircraft began to veer to the side on application of reverse thrust. The pilot cancelled reverse thrust, attempted a go-around but the plane ran off the side, crossing a ditch and striking trees.
Sources:
» Flight International 18.1.95
» Scramble 189 (p.61)
» Scramble 188
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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 Bitam Airport to Oyem Airport as the crow flies is 60 km (37 miles).
Distance from Bitam Airport to Oyem Airport as the crow flies is 60 km (37 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.
