ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 1900C-1 TR-LFK Moanda Airport (MFF)
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Wednesday 17 May 2000
Time:09:47
Type:Silhouette image of generic B190 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Beechcraft 1900C-1
Operator:Avirex
Registration: TR-LFK
MSN: UC-133
First flight: 1990
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B
Crew:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:2 km (1.3 mls) NE of Moanda Airport (MFF) (   Gabon)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Libreville Airport (LBV/FOOL), Gabon
Destination airport:Moanda Airport (MFF/FOOD), Gabon
Narrative:
The local Gabonese Power Supply Company (S.E.E.G.) chartered a Beechcraft 1900 plane from the Avirex company for a flight from Libreville to Moanda.
Last contact with the flight was when the flight was cleared to 4100 feet. The aircraft was later found to have crashed on approach to runway 14; weather included fog and mist.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground

Sources:
» ICAO Adrep
» L'Union, 19 May 2000
» Nick Charlemagne


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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 Libreville Airport to Moanda Airport as the crow flies is 480 km (300 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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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