Narrative:
A Dornier Do-328JET-310, owned by Heidi Aviation of Delaware, made a gear-up landing at Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia.
The aircraft operated on behalf of Bancroft Global Development, a U.S. private military company that supports African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and provides military training to the Somali national forces. The aircraft is known to have been used to fly the Somali President to the 27th African Union (AU) Summit in Kigali, Rwanda in July 2016.
Runway mishap
» Garowe online
HCMM 300700Z 23010KT 9999 BKN020 29/26 Q1014 NOSIG
08:00 UTC / 11:00 local time:
HCMM 300800Z 24010KT 9999 BKN021 29/26 Q1014 NOSIG
accident date: 30-05-2017
type: Dornier 328JET-310
registration: N330BG
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Tuesday 30 May 2017 |
| Time: | 0.3668098449707 |
| Type: |  Dornier 328JET-310 |
| Operator: | Heidi Aviation |
| Registration: | N330BG |
| MSN: | 3184 |
| First flight: | 2001 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) ( Somalia)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN), Uganda |
| Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ/HCMM), Somalia |
A Dornier Do-328JET-310, owned by Heidi Aviation of Delaware, made a gear-up landing at Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia.
The aircraft operated on behalf of Bancroft Global Development, a U.S. private military company that supports African Union Peacekeeping Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and provides military training to the Somali national forces. The aircraft is known to have been used to fly the Somali President to the 27th African Union (AU) Summit in Kigali, Rwanda in July 2016.
Classification:
Gear-up landingRunway mishap
Sources:
» Xinhua» Garowe online
METAR Weather report:
07:00 UTC / 10:00 local time:HCMM 300700Z 23010KT 9999 BKN020 29/26 Q1014 NOSIG
08:00 UTC / 11:00 local time:
HCMM 300800Z 24010KT 9999 BKN021 29/26 Q1014 NOSIG
Photos
accident date: 30-05-2017
type: Dornier 328JET-310
registration: N330BG
Video, social media
DO-328 no wheels emergency landing in #Somalia , ?? they all survival and walk out safely pic.twitter.com/SQmnNXAdlv
— Aviationdaily????????? ????? (@Aviationdailyy) December 24, 2017
Video: #Mogadishu airport crew safely evacuates all 4 #Bancroft officials from a small plane that crash-landed on Tuesday morning. #Somalia pic.twitter.com/hUR6dk2QEY
Abdulaziz Billow Ali (@AbdulBillowAli) May 30, 2017
The Bancroft plane that had an emergency landing in #Mogadishu some time back has found a more permanent parking spot. pic.twitter.com/22y6Sm5lJh
— Bouk Berns (@btberns) September 6, 2017
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 Entebbe Airport to Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport as the crow flies is 1440 km (900 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Entebbe Airport to Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport as the crow flies is 1440 km (900 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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