Tambacounda - Dakar

On February 1, 1997 at 02:38 PM, Tambacounda - Dakar experienced a crash involving Avro 748, operated by Air Sénégal - SONATRA Société Nationale de Transports Aériens, with the event recorded near Tambacounda Tambacounda Region.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

52 people were known to be on board, 23 fatalities were recorded, 29 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 44.2%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 49, passenger fatalities: 20, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The departure was delayed due to overbooking. Passengers and crew were nervous and few passengers should disembark. Following a normal takeoff roll, the pilot-in-command started the rotation. About 30 seconds later, while climbing to a height of about 100 feet, the left engine failed. The aircraft stalled and crashed less than 100 metres past the runway end, bursting into flames. The aircraft broke in two and most of the survivors were found in the rear part of the cabin while the front one disintegrated on impact. Twenty-nine people survived while 23 others, including all three crew members, were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 6V-AEO, MSN 1769, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 13.7693°, -13.6683°.