Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 26 FEB 1979 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
| Operator: | Air Gabon |
| Registration: | TR-LXN |
| C/n / msn: | 45108/770 |
| First flight: | 1957 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 11 km (6.9 mls) from Moanda (Gabon)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed in a swamp.
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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.
