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| Date: | Thursday 28 September 2017 |
| Time: | 07:55Lt |
| Type: |  Dassault Mirage 2000N |
| Owner/operator: | EC 2/4 (La Fayette) l'Armée de l'air |
| Registration: | 374/125-BS |
| MSN: | 389 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N'Djamena Airport (NDJ/FTTJ) -
 Chad
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | N'Djamena Airport (NDJ/FTTJ) |
| Dakar (GOOY) | |
| Investigating agency: | BEAD |
The french fighter jet hit the wall of the airport during takeoff under unknown reasons. There was a post fire impact.
The two occupants ejected safely. The navigator (NOSA) was injured to one leg.
3.2 Causes of the event
The causes of the accident are as follows :
- the obstruction of the anemometric system of the total pressure T3 related to a long immobilization of the aircraft having allowed the installation of foreign bodies ;
- an inappropriate interpretation of the maintenance documentation and the absence of specific instructions when the aircraft are operating in dusty environments and particularly equipped with spiders or insects;
- a migration of practices in the procedure for checking instruments during the takeoff run, which does not allow the consistency of speed information to be checked;
- the weak synergy within the crew due to its composition;
- the housing conditions of the crew, which led to a state of fatigue that affected their ability to analyze;
- over-motivation to carry out the mission, linked to the two previous departures cancelled two days earlier, which led to a bias in the analysis of the crew and late decision making;
- the lack of reference points linked to the absence of a distance-to-go sign and the limited number of take-offs made in this direction on this runway, which deprived the crew of a means of alerting them to the excessive distance covered;
- the absence of mechanization of the crew in the simulator on this type of failure, which is impossible to simulate today, which has delayed the decision making process;
- an erroneous awareness of the situation associated with a focus on Jx which delayed the decision to abort takeoff;
- an incomplete analysis and communication of a precursor event, linked to the unit's cyclical organization, which prevented effective awareness of the speed consistency verification procedure;
- an atypical NOSA aeronautical curriculum, which favored a drift in the application of procedures.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://tchadinfos.com/politique/tchad-un-mirage-2000n-de-la-force-barkhane-prend-feu-au-decollage-de-ndjamena/
http://www.opex360.com/2017/09/28/barkhane-un-mirage-2000n-sest-ecrase-ndjamena/
http://www.deltareflex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=4146
https://www.defense.gouv.fr/english/content/download/563964/9730795/A-2017-13-A.pdf
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A french Mirage 2000N crashes.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 28 septembre 2017
Tchad : un Mirage 2000N de la force Barkhane prend feu au décollage de N’Djamena https://t.co/WW90guntXu pic.twitter.com/OP7wHvs8t9
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2017 14:02 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 28-Sep-2017 14:07 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Sep-2017 12:37 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Destination airport, Photo, ] |
| 02-Oct-2017 19:53 | Martijn | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 28-Sep-2018 06:29 | JF | Updated [Registration, Location, Source, ] |
| 25-Dec-2018 21:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 23-Dec-2019 17:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 19-Oct-2020 19:01 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Oct-2020 19:02 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 01-Apr-2022 19:52 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn, Country, ] |
| 22-Jun-2022 00:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Country, ] |
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