Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Sunday 3 December 1995 |
Time: | 22:44 |
Type: | Boeing 737-2K9 |
Operator: | Cameroon Airlines |
Registration: | TJ-CBE |
MSN: | 23386/1143 |
First flight: | 1985-08-14 (10 years 4 months) |
Total airframe hrs: | 18746 |
Cycles: | 23233 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A |
Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 68 / Occupants: 71 |
Total: | Fatalities: 71 / Occupants: 76 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 1,7 km (1.1 mls) S of Douala Airport (DLA) ( Cameroon)
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Crash site elevation: | 2 m (7 feet) amsl |
Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Cotonou Airport (COO/DBBB), Benin |
Destination airport: | Douala Airport (DLA/FKKD), Cameroon |
Flightnumber: | UY3701 |
Narrative:A Boeing 737-2K9 passenger plane, operated by Cameroon Airlines, was destroyed in an accident at Douala, Cameroon. Five of the 76 occupants survived the accident.
The Boeing 737, named "Nyong", operated on a passenger flight from Cotonou, Benin to Douala, Cameroon. The flight departed at 20:22 UTC and climbed to the cruising altitude of FL330. The en route and descent were uneventful. At 21:32 UTC the flight was cleared for an approach to runway 30. Nine minutes later the flight reported 3,5 NM out at 1100 feet with runway in sight. The tower controller then cleared the flight to land. The aircraft overflew the runway threshold and started to climb. The flight radioed that they were 'having problems' and that they would report back. The tower controller then saw the aircraft in a sharp left hand turn. The airplane descended until it impacted a mangrove swamp.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSES (translated from French):
The probable cause of the accident is a of loss of control during a go-around attempt made during a maneuver to reach the runway with degraded performance.
Seriously contributing to this:
1 - The detachment by structural fatigue of a first stage compressor blade of the No. 1 engine which resulted in a loss of power and destabilization of the trajectory when landing
2 - The late or slow execution of the go-around procedure with an unidentified single-engine configuration, leading to irreversible loss of speed.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CCAA |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Accident number: | Final report | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/96
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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 Cotonou Airport to Douala Airport as the crow flies is 849 km (531 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
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.