Aircraft Crashes Record Office
Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques

Accident description
   
     
Date & Time
 
06MAY2004
Type of Aircraft
 
Transall C-160
Operator
 
Registration
 
R100 / 61-ZR
Location
 
Fort-de-France
   
Flight number
   
Schedule
 
 
Construction number
 
100
Year of manufacture
 
     
Crew on board
 
8
Pax on board
 
0
Crew fatalities
 
0
Pax fatalities
 
0
Other fatalities
 
0
Total fatalities
 
0

Circumstances
   
 
The crew reject takeoff after an explosion occurred in the left wing. All occupants escaped uninjured but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It appears that an explosion occurred in the left tank during takeoff.


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