Burkina Faso | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The aircraft already completed other rotations that day between Bamako and Kano and was returning empty, carrying three Palestinian crew members. En route from Kano to Bamako at dusk, the crew lost his orientation and was unable to report his position. For unknown reasons, he failed to contact Ouagadougou and Niamey ACC. After few dozen minutes, the captain decided to attempt an emergency landing in Dori when the right wing struck a tree and was torn off. Out of control, the aircraft crashed in an open field located few km from Dori Airport. Two occupants were seriously injured while a third crew was killed. The following day, both survivors died from their injuries.

Probable cause:

The crew did not file any flight plan and the accident was the consequence of negligences on part of the crew.

Crash of a De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 in Dori

Date & Time: Oct 8, 1988

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter

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XT-AAX

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

MSN:

490

YOM:

1976

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Crashed on takeoff. There were no casualties.

Crash of an Ilyushin II-18V in Linoghin: 47 killed

Date & Time: Aug 11, 1974

Type of aircraft:

Ilyushin II-18

Operator:

Registration:

TZ-ABE

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Desert

Schedule:

Bamako - Kano - Mecca - Jeddah - Khartoum - Kano - Bamako

MSN:

181 0033 04

YOM:

1961

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The airplane was engaged in a monthly schedule flight from Bamako to Saudi Arabia. En route from Bamako to Kano, ATC informed the crew about the deterioration of the weather conditions and instructed the pilots to divert to Niamey. In marginal weather conditions, the crew apparently lost his orientation and probably following a navigational error, the airplane flew to the west when the crew realized he was flying over the region of Ouagadougou, about 400 km southwest of Niamey. Shortly later, as he was short of fuel, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in an open field located in Linoghin, about 40 km east of Ouagadougou. Two crew members and 11 passengers were injured while 47 other occupants were killed.

Probable cause:

The accident was the consequence of a fuel exhaustion caused by probable navigational errors on part of the crew who lost his orientation in poor weather conditions.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-85-DL in Tenkodogo

Date & Time: May 2, 1950

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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F-OAFP

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Yaoundé – Kano – Algiers – Paris

MSN:

20000

YOM:

1944

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The aircraft was performing a flight from Yaoundé to Paris on behalf of the French Government, carrying Mr. André Soucadaux, High Commissioner of France in Cameroun, his wife and both children and his chief of cabinet. While cruising southeast of Ouagadougou, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and informed ground that he lost his orientation. Eventually, the captain attempted to make an emergency landing in a desert area located near Tenkodogo, about 140 km southeast of Ouagadougou. All 13 occupants were injured and later rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.