| Date: | Sunday 3 August 1997 |
| Time: | 17:48 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-242C |
| Owner/operator: | Air Afrique |
| Registration: | TU-TAV |
| MSN: | 19848/157 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 114 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Douala Airport (DLA) -
 Cameroon
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Douala Airport (DLA/FKKD) |
| Bangui Airport (BGF/FEFF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The takeoff from runway 30 was abandoned following a tire burst at 110 knots. The aircraft skidded off the runway into shrubs and was engulfed in smoke when coming to rest 130 m past the runway. Both engines and the left main gear were torn off in the crash sequence.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
PANA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 March 1979 | CF-NAH | Nordair | 0 | Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT) |  |
min |
| Collision with person/animal. | ||||||
Location
Images:
photo (c) Pedro de la Cruz, via Werner Fischdick; Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI); May 1992
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