ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323993
| Date: | Thursday 23 April 1998 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Shorts 330-100 |
| Owner/operator: | SAFT Gabon |
| Registration: | TR-LEM |
| MSN: | SH.3075 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | La Lope -
 Gabon
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Libreville Airport (LBV/FOOL) |
| Booue Airport (BGB/FOGB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Bad weather at Booue forced the crew to divert to La Lope. The landing roll appeared to be normal, but the plane overran the runway, eventually colliding with a rock. This caused serious damage to the nose, fuselage and landing gears.
The registration of the accident airplane has also reported to have been TR-LEH.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
Werner Fischdick
Images:
photo (c) Elliott Greenman, via Werner Fischdick; Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT); May 1991
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