Nouakchott - Bamako

On November 19, 2009 at 03:14 PM, Nouakchott - Bamako experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-8-200 (Dash-8), operated by Win Win Aviation, with the event recorded near Tarakigné Koulikoro.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Before take off at Nouakchott, two fuel trucks arrived to the airplane but captain declined and calculated that the reserve he has was sufficient to fly to Bamako. While approaching Bamako, right engine failed due to fuel exhaustion, followed by the left engine five minutes later. Crew elected to divert to Kolokani, a small airstrip located 19 km from Bamako. Eventually, crew was forced to make an emergency landing off airport. On landing, aircraft lost its undercarriage while the right wing was sheared off. All nine occupants were uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed. Flight was performed on behalf of the 524th Special Operations Squadron, for the USAF and Africom, a military mission in Africa.

Aircraft reference details include registration N355PH, MSN 500, year of manufacture 1997.