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During a night approach, the aircraft landed 20 metres to the right of runway 06 in a slight right bank. It continued to roll for several hundred metres before coming back onto the paved surface. Doing so, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest. All 60 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The visibility was reported to be 1,600 metres at the time of the accident.

Crash of a Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-N in Oujda

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1977

Type of aircraft:

Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle

Operator:

Registration:

F-BYAU

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:

192

YOM:

1965

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Aircraft flight hours:

22546

Circumstances:

One of the main gear collapsed upon landing at Oujda Airport. The airplane slid for few dozen meters before coming to rest. All occupants evacuated safely but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

An undercarriage collapsed upon landing for unknown reasons.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-30-DL in Oujda: 16 killed

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1944

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

Operator:

Registration:

FD886

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Mountains

Schedule:

Biskra – Oujda

MSN:

9538

YOM:

1943

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Circumstances:

The aircraft left Biskra at 0643LT on a routine transport flight to Oujda. Five minutes before its own signaled ETA, the pilot took advantage of a hole in the cloud over which he had been flying for some considerable time, to get below the cloud. Upon breaking cloud, the aircraft was seen to circle in a valley. Unaccountably, the aircraft was seen to turn to port and climb into cloud away from a road and valley, which was clear, with visibility 4 to 5 miles below cloud. The mountaintop was covered by drifting cloud at the time and the aircraft was climbing steeply when it crashed. It crashed into the side of a mountain, killing 16 on board. One passenger survived.
Source:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19440603-2

Probable cause:

An Inquiry into the accident found that "the accident was a gross error of judgement by the pilot in flying blind unnecessarily when uncertain of his position, and for the navigator’s poor navigation who did not use all means at his disposal."