Narrative:
The Beechcraft attempted to take off from the Obuasi Airstrip, which is a private field for the Ashanti Gold Fields Company. While accelerating through a speed of 80 kts (V1 was 104 kts), the EFIS tubes went blank. The pilot aborted the takeoff and swerved the plane to the right avoid a valley at the end of the runway. The aircraft came to a rest on a slope and rocky ground off the runway.
Runway excursion
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | Wednesday 19 March 2003 |
| Time: | 14:40 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 1900D |
| Operator: | Ashanti Gold Fields |
| Registration: | 9G-AGF |
| MSN: | UE-136 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Obuasi Airstrip ( Ghana)
|
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Obuasi Airstrip, Ghana |
| Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC/DGAA), Ghana |
The Beechcraft attempted to take off from the Obuasi Airstrip, which is a private field for the Ashanti Gold Fields Company. While accelerating through a speed of 80 kts (V1 was 104 kts), the EFIS tubes went blank. The pilot aborted the takeoff and swerved the plane to the right avoid a valley at the end of the runway. The aircraft came to a rest on a slope and rocky ground off the runway.
Classification:
Rejected takeoffRunway excursion
Sources:
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