ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322865
Date: | Wednesday 19 March 2003 |
Time: | 14:40 |
Type: | Beechcraft 1900D |
Owner/operator: | Ashanti Gold Fields |
Registration: | 9G-AGF |
MSN: | UE-136 |
Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Obuasi Airstrip -
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Obuasi Airstrip |
Destination airport: | Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC/DGAA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The Beechcraft attempted to take off from the Obuasi Airstrip, which is a private field for the Ashanti Gold Fields Company. While accelerating through a speed of 80 kts (V1 was 104 kts), the EFIS tubes went blank. The pilot aborted the takeoff and swerved the plane to the right avoid a valley at the end of the runway. The aircraft came to a rest on a slope and rocky ground off the runway.
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