Date: | Monday 9 April 2012 |
Time: | 10:14 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q Dash 8 |
Owner/operator: | Air Tanzania |
Registration: | 5H-MWG |
MSN: | 462 |
Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 39 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kigoma Airport (TKQ) -
Tanzania
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Kigoma Airport (TKQ/HTKA) |
Destination airport: | Tabora Airport (TBO/HTTB) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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.
Sources:
Kigoma airport ramp staff
wavuti.com The Citizen Location
Images:
photo (c) Tim Evans; Kigoma Airport (TKQ/HTKA); 03 August 2012
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG); September 1998
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