Narrative:
Missing while on a flight from Libreville to Tchibanga. The aircraft had taken off at Libreville at 10:36 local time.
The Gabon Air Force operated three EMB-110 Bandeirantes: TR-KNA, TR-KNB and TR-KNC. One crashed in September 1990, another in December 2000. TR-KNA was observed at Libreville in 1998 and January 2000 and TR-KNC was seen stored at Libreville in December 2019. Hence the accident aircraft must have been TR-KNA.
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Monday 11 December 2000 |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-110P1K Bandeirante |
| Operator: | Force Aérienne Gabonaises |
| Registration: | TR-KNA |
| MSN: | 110268 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | within Gabon ( Gabon)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Libreville Airport (LBV/FOOL), Gabon |
| Tchibanga Airport (TCH/FOOT), Gabon |
Missing while on a flight from Libreville to Tchibanga. The aircraft had taken off at Libreville at 10:36 local time.
The Gabon Air Force operated three EMB-110 Bandeirantes: TR-KNA, TR-KNB and TR-KNC. One crashed in September 1990, another in December 2000. TR-KNA was observed at Libreville in 1998 and January 2000 and TR-KNC was seen stored at Libreville in December 2019. Hence the accident aircraft must have been TR-KNA.
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Distance from Libreville Airport to Tchibanga Airport as the crow flies is 407 km (254 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Libreville Airport to Tchibanga Airport as the crow flies is 407 km (254 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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