Date:	Thursday 8 December 1994
Time:	10:40
Type:	ATR 72-202
Owner/operator:	Air Gabon
Registration:	F-OHOC
MSN:	318
Year of manufacture:	1992
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PW124B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Oyem Airport (OYE) -   Gabon
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Bitam Airport (BMM/FOOB)
Destination airport:	Oyem Airport (OYE/FOGO)

Narrative:
The ATR-72 touched down 500 m down runway 21 following a visual approach. The aircraft began to veer to the side on application of reverse thrust. The pilot cancelled reverse thrust, attempted a go-around but the plane ran off the side, crossing a ditch and striking trees.

Flight International 18 January 95
Scramble 189 (p.61)
Scramble 188

photo (c) Jean M. Magendie, via Werner Fischdick; Libreville Airport (LBV); March 1994

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