| Date: | Thursday 9 October 1986 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-7C |
| Owner/operator: | YS Agency for International Development, opb T & G Aviation |
| Registration: | N5903 |
| MSN: | 45071/742 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6 km off Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR) -
 Senegal
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR/GOOY) |
Smoke was seen coming from the no. 3 engine during takeoff, followed by a no. 4 engine fire alarm after gear retraction. The no. 4 engine was stopped and the propeller feathered. The DC-7 lost altitude and ditched off Dakar.
The aircraft was carrying pesticides to battle locusts.
Sources:
Aviation Letter 240
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Everett Airport, WA (PAE); February 1985
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