Rockwell Sabreliner 40 crash, Oct 15, 1994, Khartoum
Rockwell Sabreliner 40 accident on October 15, 1994 near Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of the main and alternate braking...
- Date: October 15, 1994
- Aircraft: Rockwell Sabreliner 40
- Location: Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the main and alternate braking systems after landing, on an aircraft that had been left in storage and prepared without full servicing.
A Sabreliner 40 that had been stored for a long period at Khartoum was readied for a test flight. After several touch-and-goes, the main and alternate braking systems failed on landing, and the aircraft ran off the runway into a sand pile. It was left at Khartoum with substantial damage.