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Crash of an Embraer EMB-120 Brasília in Mogadishu

Date & Time: Jul 11, 2023 at 1223 LT
Type of aircraft:
Embraer EMB-120 Brasília
Operator:
Registration:
6O-AAD
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Garowe – Mogadishu
Location:
Mogadishu-Aden Adde
Banaadir (بنادر‎)
Country:
Somalia
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
30
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After touchdown on runway 05 at Mogadishu-Aden Adde Airport, the crew started the braking procedure. Following a course of few hundred metres, the twin engine airplane deviated to the left and veered off runway. While contacting soft ground, it pivoted to the left at almost 180° until it crashed against a concrete wall, coming to rest broken in two. All 34 occupants were rescued, among them two passengers were injured.

Crash of a Embraer EMB-120ER Brasília in Detroit

Date & Time: Mar 7, 2021 at 0008 LT
Type of aircraft:
Embraer EMB-120 Brasília
Operator:
Registration:
N233SW
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Cargo
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Detroit - Akron
MSN:
120-307
YOM:
1995
Flight number:
BYA233
Location:
Detroit-Willow Run (Ypsilanti)
Michigan
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed Detroit-Willow Run (Ypsilanti) Airport at 2337LT on March 6 on a cargo service to Akron-Canton Airport, carrying two pilots and a load of various goods. After takeoff, the crew encountered technical problems and declared an emergency. He completed two low passes in front of the tower, apparently due to gear problems. Eventually, the aircraft belly landed at 0008LT and came to rest on runway 05R. Both pilots evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Embraer EMB-120RT Brasília in Bardale: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 4, 2020 at 1545 LT
Type of aircraft:
Embraer EMB-120 Brasília
Operator:
Registration:
5Y-AXO
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Cargo
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Mogadiscio – Baidoa – Bardale
MSN:
120-259
YOM:
1992
Location:
Bardale
Baay (باي‎)
Country:
Somalia
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
On approach to Bardale Airstrip, the twin engine aircraft struck the ground and crashed 5 km from the airport, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all five occupants were killed. The crew was enroute from Mogadiscio to Bardale with an en route stop in Baidao, carrying medical supplies and mosquito nets.
Probable cause:
When the aircraft was arriving at Bardale FOB, the usual direction is east-west, but the aircraft was flying from west-east to land over the base camp. Even though the troops did not shoot it down, the aircraft crashed on the ground and was apparently not ready not land. The troops concluded that the aircraft was suspected to be a suicide and trying to find the target to make suicide in the base camp because of the movement of the aircraft. Due to lack of communication and awareness, the aircraft was shot down and all five occupants (3 Kenyan and 2 Somali citizens) died. The incident was performed by a non-AMISOM troops of Ethiopia, which will require mutual collaborative investigation team from Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya for determine the truth.
Final Report:

Crash of an Embraer EMB-120 Brasília in Somalia

Date & Time: Feb 14, 2019
Type of aircraft:
Embraer EMB-120 Brasília
Operator:
Registration:
5Y-FAU
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
120-194
YOM:
1990
Location:
Somalia
All Somalia
Country:
Somalia
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The left main gear collapsed after the airplane landed on a gravel airstrip located somewhere in Somalia. There were no injuries among the occupants and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Failure of the left main gear upon landing on a gravel airstrip.

Crash of an Embraer EMB-120RT Brasília near Cuilo: 7 killed

Date & Time: Oct 12, 2017 at 1715 LT
Type of aircraft:
Embraer EMB-120 Brasília
Operator:
Registration:
D2-FDO
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ambulance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dundo – Luanda
MSN:
120-082
YOM:
1988
Location:
Cuilo
Lunda Norte
Country:
Angola
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft departed Dundo Airport at 1658LT on an ambulance flight to Luanda, carrying three doctors, one patient from South Africa and three crew members. About 15 minutes into the flight, the crew reported engine problems when one of them caught fire shortly later. The airplane went out of control and crashed in an open field located near Cuilo, about 170 km southwest of Dundo. All seven occupants were killed.
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