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| Date: | Saturday 10 May 1997 |
| Time: | 08:40 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter |
| Owner/operator: | Air São Tomé & Principe |
| Registration: | CS-TFD |
| MSN: | 648 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Location: | Príncipe (PCP / FPPR) -
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | STP |
| Príncipe (PCP / FPPR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft veered off the runway after a bounce on landing in bad weather. All 15 occupants survived.
The wreckage was shipped to Lisbon for repairs and overhaul.
The plane returned to service Mar 1999.`
Sources:
https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/de-havilland-canada-dhc-6-300-twin-otter-s9-bal-air-sao-tome-and-principe/edpxlk
https://airport-data.com/aircraft/CS-TFD.html
https://twinotterarchive.com/DHC-6_648.html
WAAS
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 May 2006 | S9-BAL | Air São Tomé & Principe | 4 | 3 km off São Tomé Island Airport (TMS) | |
w/o |
| Loss of control | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2025 16:48 | FlyWolf | Added |
| 15-May-2025 16:51 | ASN | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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