Date:	Sunday 7 February 1999
Time:	23:44
Type:	Boeing 707-328C
Owner/operator:	Avistar
Registration:	9G-ROX
MSN:	19521/584
Year of manufacture:	1967
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (HK)
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bratislava-Ivanka Airport (BTS) -   Slovakia
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Bratislava-Ivanka Airport (BTS/LZIB)
Destination airport:	N'Djamena Airport (NDJ/FTTJ)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The owner of the Boeing 707 freighter had leased the aircraft to a Belgian charter broker around June 1998 to operate fish charter flights between Mwanza and Vienna. The aircraft was in fact seen on many other airports, Bratislava, Ostrava, and Lumumbashi for instance. At the time of the accident the plane is understood to have had a long list of 32 faults that needed urgent repair. Problems included a limited EGT of no. 1 and 4 engines; no. 3 engine constant speed drive (CSD) gearbox was consuming a 'massive amount of oil'; no. 1 engine CSD generator missing; no. 2 engine required bleed on takeoff and above FL330; left wing leading edge cracked and leaking; no. 4 fuel tank and reserve tank gauge not working. On February 7 the plane was to fly to N'Djamena. During the takeoff roll the no. 2 and 3 engines failed. The takeoff was aborted, but the 707 overran the runway and came to rest 200 m past the runway end.

Air Cargo News 19.02.1999, 05.03.1999
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photo (c) Jan Jurecka; Ostrava-Mosnov Airport (OSR); 08 January 1999

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