| Date: | Thursday 30 August 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2H7C |
| Owner/operator: | Cameroon Airlines |
| Registration: | TJ-CBD |
| MSN: | 21295/484 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 116 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Douala Airport (DLA) -
 Cameroon
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Douala Airport (DLA/FKKD) |
| Yaoundé-Ville Airport (YAO/FKKY) |
When taxiing out for a flight to Garoua via Yaoundé a compressor disc in the no. 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 engine failed. Debris punctured the wing and fuel tank, causing a fire. The aircraft burned out.
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