| Date: | Sunday 28 February 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Air Afrique |
| Registration: | TT-DAA |
| MSN: | 3096 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km from Fort-Archambault Airport (SRH) -
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
| Fort-Archambault Airport (SRH/FTTH) |
The freighter aircraft crashed into the ground, 2,5 miles short of the runway of Fort-Archambault (now Sarh) Airport when the pilot believed he was at 500 feet.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Radio altimeter inoperative; faulty reading of altimeter possible due to pilot fatigue.
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