Douala – Yaoundé

On June 28, 1989 at 09:19 PM, Douala – Yaoundé experienced a crash involving Avro 748, operated by Cameroon Airlines, with the event recorded near Yaoundé Centre.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

47 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 44 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 6.4%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 42, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Douala, the crew started the approach to Yaoundé-Nsimalen Airport by night and poor weather conditions. On final, due to poor visibility, the crew was unable to locate the runway and decided to initiate a go-around. During the next hour, the crew attempted four times to land, without success. Eventually, the captain elected to land in difficult conditions. On final, the aircraft was too high and landed too far down a wet runway, about 400 meters before the runway end. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the aircraft overran and crashed in a ditch. Both pilots and a passenger were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TJ-CCF, MSN 1804, year of manufacture 1985.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 3.9000°, 11.4992°.