ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327685
| Date: | Wednesday 30 March 1983 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Libyan Ministry of Agriculture |
| Registration: | 5A-DCP |
| MSN: | 605 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN) -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
The Twin Otter contacted another aircraft while taxiing on the ramp. The aircraft was then moved off to the side of the apron area and jacked up so that repairs could be carried out. An unusually strong wind came up a few days later and blew the aircraft over. It was broken up and parted out.
Sources:
Aviation Letter 199
Location
Images:
photo (c) anon.; Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN); April 1983
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