Runway excursion Accident Boeing 707-321C YR-ABN,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324639
 

Date:Thursday 17 August 1995
Time:23:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic B703 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 707-321C
Owner/operator:Air Afrique
Registration: YR-ABN
MSN: 19379/677
Year of manufacture:1968
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (HK)
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:N'Djamena Airport (NDJ) -   Chad
Phase: Landing
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Paris (unknown airport)
Destination airport:N'Djamena Airport (NDJ/FTTJ)
Narrative:
After the passage of a rain storm over N'Djamena runway 05 (2800 m long) was wet with standing water. At 23:00 the Air Afrique Boeing 707 arrived from Paris. The aircraft touched down at Vref +4 knots and after extension of the spoilers and reverse thrust, the Boeing started to veer to the left. The crew managed to stay on the runway by reducing the reverse thrust. When applying reverse thrust again the aircraft started to move to the left again, so the pilots reduced reverse thrust again, but were forced to apply more reverse again when the aircraft neared the end of the runway. At a speed of about 10 knots it overran the runway, and the left MLG struck a concrete block and collapsed.
The had problems maintaining its directional control due to the fact that no. 4 engine failed to go into reverse.

Sources:

Scramble 196(65)
Scramble 197(64)

Location

Images:


photo (c) Le Moenne; N'Djamena Airport (NDJ); 18 August 1995


photo (c) Le Moenne; N'Djamena Airport (NDJ); 18 August 1995


photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA); July 1994

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