Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Date: | Monday 9 April 2012 |
Time: | 10:14 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q Dash 8 |
Operator: | Air Tanzania |
Registration: | 5H-MWG |
MSN: | 462 |
First flight: | 1997-05-09 (14 years 11 months) |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Kigoma Airport (TKQ) ( Tanzania)
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Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Kigoma Airport (TKQ/HTKA), Tanzania |
Destination airport: | Tabora Airport (TBO/HTTB), Tanzania |
Flightnumber: | 119 |
Narrative:A de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q passenger plane, 5H-MWG, suffered substantial damage in a takeoff accident at Kigoma Airport (TKQ), Tanzania. There were no fatalities.
The airplane operated on a flight from Kigoma (TKQ) to Tabora (TBO) and Dar Es Salaam (DAR).
Initial reports say the airplane overran the runway on takeoff. The right hand undercarriage apparently stuck a muddy pot hole. The right hand wing separated inboard of the no. 2 engine. The engine then twisted upside down and to the side, causing the front of the engine to penetrate the fuselage at the underwing emergency exit.
Classification:
Runway excursion (overrun)
Sources:
» Kigoma airport ramp staff
»
wavuti.com»
The Citizen
Photos
accident date:
09-04-2012type: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q
registration: 5H-MWG
accident date:
09-04-2012type: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q
registration: G-BRYV
Video, social media
Aircraft history
09 MAY 1997 |
C-GFHZ |
DHC |
first flight
|
|
9M-PGD |
Pelangi Air |
registration not taken up
|
|
9M-PGB |
Pelangi Air |
registration not taken up
|
22 APR 1998 |
G-BRYV |
Brymon Airways |
operated for British Airways
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28 MAR 2002 |
G-BRYV |
British Airways Citiexpress |
merged with British Regional Airlines into BA Citiexpress
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01 FEB 2006 |
G-BRYV |
BA Connect |
airline renamed
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25 MAR 2007 |
G-BRYV |
Flybe |
BA Connect sold to Flybe
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JUN 2007 |
G-BRYV |
Flybe |
stored Exeter
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15 FEB 2008 |
5H-MWG |
Air Tanzania |
bought
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kigoma Airport to Tabora Airport as the crow flies is 354 km (221 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.