Date:	Sunday 28 January 1996
Time:
Type:	Douglas DC-8-55F
Owner/operator:	Affretair
Registration:	Z-WSB
MSN:	45805/244
Year of manufacture:	1965
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (Q)
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Harare Airport (HRE) -   Zimbabwe
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS)
Destination airport:	Harare Airport (HRE/FVHA)

Narrative:
Overran runway 05 in heavy rain after an ILS approach without the spoilers being armed. Reverse thrust was not available on engines no. 2 and 4.
The nose landing gear collapsed.

Flight International 7-13 February 1996 (8)
Scramble 204(48)

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


31 October 1991	Z-WSB	Affretair	0	London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)		min
Aborted takeoff

photo (c) Frank Schaefer; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); July 1994

photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 06 May 1995

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