Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
Date: | Sunday 3 August 1997 |
Time: | 17:48 |
Type: | Boeing 737-242C |
Operator: | Air Afrique |
Registration: | TU-TAV |
MSN: | 19848/157 |
First flight: | 1969-04-15 (28 years 4 months) |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 106 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 114 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Douala Airport (DLA) ( Cameroon)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Douala Airport (DLA/FKKD), Cameroon |
Destination airport: | Bangui Airport (BGF/FEFF), Central African Republic |
Flightnumber: | 816 |
Narrative:The takeoff from runway 30 was abandoned following a tire burst at 110 knots. The aircraft skidded off the runway into shrubs and was engulfed in smoke when coming to rest 130 m past the runway. Both engines and the left main gear were torn off in the crash sequence.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep
» PANA
Photos
accident date:
03-08-1997type: Boeing 737-242C
registration: F-GFVK
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 Douala Airport to Bangui Airport as the crow flies is 972 km (607 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.