Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Jun 11, 2002, Khartoum
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on June 11, 2002 near Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. The flap retraction fault led...
- Date: June 11, 2002
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. The flap retraction fault led the captain to reject the takeoff.
A Sudan Airways Fokker F27 on a local training flight at Khartoum could not retract the flaps from 40 degrees to 16.5 degrees. The captain rejected the takeoff and braked hard, and the aircraft overran the runway, lost its right main gear and stopped against an ILS antenna. Both pilots were uninjured.