Aircraft F-BHBC Data

Airframe Info

Manufacturer:	Lockheed
Model:	L1049G-82-98    Search all Lockheed L1049G-82-98
Year built:	1955
Construction Number (C/N):	4622
Number of Seats:	N/A
Number of Engines:	4
Engine Manufacturer and Model:	Cyclone 972TC18-DA3

Aircraft

Registration Number:

F-BHBC

Owner

Address:

, France

User contributed data

Propeller Type:	Hamilton 43H60-305    (by Michel Armandi on 2011-01-23 12:44:08)
Empty Weight:	34837 kg    (by Michel Armandi on 2011-01-23 12:44:07)

User Comments

Michel Armandi, 2009-12-09 05:00:00

Plane destroyed on August 29, 1960, offshore Dakar-Yoff airport (Ivory Coast). Towards 06.34 (AM), the F-BHBC, coming from Paris, must carry out by unfavourable weather conditions, a procedure of missed landing on track 01 of Dakar-Yoff airport. After having refused track 30 (equipped for the instrument landing) the captain, who still had petrol for more than two hours, decides to await an improvement of the weather conditions, and then shortly after 06.41 says his intention to carry out a new attempt on track 01. After a passage at the vertical of the airport, in East-West direction, the plane is seen at 06.45 near N’Gor, to place itself down wind; it disappears in a heavy rain squall and after reporting “down wind” will not be heard any more from it towards 06.47. Wreckage will be discovered 2400 m offshore the Mamelles lighthouse. Fatalities: Crew 8, Passengers 55 including 4 babies.