| Date: | Tuesday 24 July 1951 |
| Time: | 05:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-455 |
| Owner/operator: | Sabena |
| Registration: | OO-CBA |
| MSN: | 6327 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Gao Airport (GAQ) -
 Mali
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Gao Airport (GAQ/GAGO) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Upon takeoff from runway 25 at Gao Airport, the DC-3 reached a height of about ten metres when it made a left hand turn of about 90 degrees. Slowly climbing to a height of thirty metres, the aircraft turned another 90 degrees, continuing downwind parallel to the runway. During a third left hand turn the aircraft sideslipped with the left hand wing contacting the ground. The aircraft then impacted the ground and a fire erupted.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the right engine at takeoff (traces of fire). A rupture of the hydraulic circuit with oil projection in the cockpit would have increased maneuver difficulties by restricting visibility in the cockpit"
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