Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 07 AUG 1999 |
| Time: | 12:02 |
| Type: | Dornier 228-201 |
| Operator: | TACV - Cabo Verde Airlines |
| Registration: | D4-CBC |
| C/n / msn: | 8091 |
| First flight: | 1986-05-13 (13 years 3 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-5-252D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Santo Antão Island (Cape Verde)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Sao Vicente-San Pedro Airport (VXE/GVSV), Cape Verde |
| Santo Antao Airport (NTO), Cape Verde | |
| Flightnumber: | 5002 |
The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft which usually flew TACV Flight 5002 (Sao Vicente - Santo Antão) could not be used due to technical problems, so a Dornier 228, owned by the Cape Verde Coast Guard, was used.
The Do-228 took off from Sao Vicente at 11:42 for the short flight that was expected to take 13 minutes. Because of bad weather (rain and fog) at Santo Antão the airport was below VFR minima. The pilot decided to return to the island of Sao Vicente at 11:56. The aircraft flew across the island of Santo Antão and crashed into a wooded mountainside at 1370 m.
Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep
Photos
D-CEDS was leased to Air Vendée and returned to Dornier in 1991. Dornier sold to plane to the Cape Verde Coast Guard in November 1992, which leased the plane to TACV in June 1999.
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 Sao Vicente-San Pedro Airport to Santo Antao Airport as the crow flies is 27 km (17 miles).
Distance from Sao Vicente-San Pedro Airport to Santo Antao Airport as the crow flies is 27 km (17 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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