| Date: | Saturday 9 August 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Catair |
| Registration: | F-BGNC |
| MSN: | 4512 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-3350 (972TC18DA1) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 80 km NE of Douala -
 Cameroon
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
| Douala Airport (DLA/FKKD) |
The Super Constellation was cleared for a semi-direct ILS approach. Nothing more was heard from the flight. The wreckage was found 3 days later, 80 km NE of Douala.
Sources:
Location
Images:
photo (c) Ralf P. Kokoschka; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 05 July 1969
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; New York; June 1963
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