Date: | Sunday 25 August 2013 |
Time: | 16:04 |
Type: | Antonov An-26B-100 |
Owner/operator: | Transom Airways |
Registration: | EK-26818 |
MSN: | 14101 |
Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 50 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Guri'el Airstrip -
Somalia
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Mogadishu International Airport (MGQ/HCMM) |
Destination airport: | Guri'el Airstrip |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An Antonov 26 passenger plane was damaged in a landing accident at Guri'el Airstrip, Somalia. The airplane landed half way down the unpaved airstrip and ran into a large rock. The nose gear was severed and penetrated the fuselage, injuring a crew member.
The airplane was carrying newly appointed governor of the Galgadud region, Hussein Ali Wehliye.
At the time of the accident the aircraft was not airworthy. The Certificate of Airworthiness had expired on 31 May 2012 and the aircraft had been removed from the Armenian aircraft register on 26 October 2012.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
The African Aviation Tribune
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