Date:	Wednesday 20 July 1977
Time:	17:30
Type:	Douglas DC-3 (R4D-1)
Owner/operator:	Ethiopian Airlines
Registration:	ET-ABF
MSN:	6069
Year of manufacture:	1942
Total airframe hrs:	31338 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tubo Milkie -   Ethiopia
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Tippi Airport (TIE/HATP)
Destination airport:	Jimma Airport (JIM/HAJM)

Narrative:
The DC-3 took off from Tippi at 16:48 for a 40 minute flight to Jimma. Last contact with the flight was at 17:20 when Jimma Tower passed on weather information. The aircraft was found to be crashed on the side of a densely wooded mountain, at an altitude of 8000 feet. The weather was poor: low clouds, rain showers and very poor horizontal visibility.

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