Douala – Entebbe

On March 11, 1949 at 12:00 AM, Douala – Entebbe experienced a crash involving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, operated by Institut Géographique National, with the event recorded near Yaoundé Centre.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with turbulences. The aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field. All five crew members were killed. It was reported that the pilot may have lost the control of the aircraft when the cargo shifted while flying in severe turbulences.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BEEB, MSN 8642.

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