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 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | La Lope -
Gabon
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Libreville Airport (LBV/FOOL) |
Destination airport: | Booue Airport (BGB/FOGB) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative: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:
![](/photos/wiki/1998/19980423_SH33_TR-LEM_16380.jpg)
photo (c) Elliott Greenman, via Werner Fischdick; Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT); May 1991
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