Incident Fokker F-27 Friendship 600 5A-DBO,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230944
 
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Date:Tuesday 23 December 1997
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic F27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fokker F-27 Friendship 600
Owner/operator:Libyan Arab Airlines
Registration: 5A-DBO
MSN: 10513
Year of manufacture:1975
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:15 km S of Bani Walid -   Libya
Phase: En route
Nature:Survey
Departure airport:Sirte
Destination airport:Tripoli
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Forced landing on a road due to mechanical problems. Nose gear collapsed and cockpit area damaged. Involved in a cloud-seeding project. Aircraft recovered and fuselage seen on a trailer in hangar. *The Libyan news agency JANA reported a Jetstream 31 crashed on attempted forced landing on a road, caught fire and destroyed with burns and serious injuries to the five on board. UN sanctions, followed of lack of spares and maintenance reportendly blamed the crash.

Sources:

http://www.fokker-aircraft.info/f27accidentpics.htm
*Air International March 1998, p139

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
3 September 2011 5A-DBO Libyan Arab Airlines 0 Bani Walid w/o

Revision history:

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