ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334040
| Date: | Sunday 29 March 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Nord 2501 Noratlas |
| Owner/operator: | Union Aéromaritime de Transport |
| Registration: | F-BGZB |
| MSN: | 2 |
| Engine model: | Bristol Hercules 739 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Boukpayanga -
 Central African Republic
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Berbérati Airport (BBT/FEFT) |
| Bangui Airport (BGF/FEFF) |
Crashed in the jungle. One of the passengers killed in the accident was Barthélemy Boganda, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic autonomous territory.
Sources:
Edmonton Journal - Mar 31, 1959
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 December 1953 | 2/F-SDAC | L'Armée de L'Air | 10 | Pic de Costabonne, Pyrénées Mountains |  |
w/o |
| 13 June 1967 | 6414 | Força Aérea Portuguesa | 0 | Xaixai |  |
w/o |
| Forced landing | ||||||
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