Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 MAR 1999 |
| Type: | Yakovlev 40 |
| Operator: | GEASA - Guinea Equatorial Airlines |
| Registration: | RA-87587 |
| C/n / msn: | 9221922 |
| First flight: | 1972 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bata Airport (BSG) (Equatorial Guinea)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bata Airport (BSG/FGBT), Equatorial Guinea |
| Malabo-Santa Isabel Airport (SSG/FGSL), Equatorial Guinea |
Overran into trees after aborting takeoff due to no. 2 engine bird ingestion.
Events:
Sources:
» Tommy Maurer
» World Airline Accident Summary- Airclaims
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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 Bata Airport to Malabo-Santa Isabel Airport as the crow flies is 238 km (149 miles).
Distance from Bata Airport to Malabo-Santa Isabel Airport as the crow flies is 238 km (149 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.
