Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 MAY 1950 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-85-DL |
| Operator: | French High Commissioner to Cameroon |
| Registration: | F-OAFP |
| C/n / msn: | 20000 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Tenkodogo (Burkina Faso) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kano International Airport (KAN/DNKN), Nigeria |
| Gao Airport (GAQ/GAGO), Mali |
Damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
» Tri City Herald - May 2, 1950
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kano International Airport to Gao Airport as the crow flies is 1026 km (641 miles).
Distance from Kano International Airport to Gao Airport as the crow flies is 1026 km (641 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
