Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 24 OCT 2005 |
| Type: | ATR-42-320 |
| Operator: | TACV - Cabo Verde Airlines |
| Registration: | D4-CBH |
| C/n / msn: | 415 |
| First flight: | 1997-06-25 (8 years 4 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR) (Senegal)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Praia-Francisco Mendes Airport (RAI/GVFM), Cape Verde |
| Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR/GOOY), Senegal |
The right hand main undercarriage collapsed on landing. The airplane was still seen parked at Dakar in a hangar in January 2007.
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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 Praia-Francisco Mendes Airport to Dakar-Yoff Airport as the crow flies is 642 km (401 miles).
Distance from Praia-Francisco Mendes Airport to Dakar-Yoff Airport as the crow flies is 642 km (401 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.
