Incident
An aircraft en route from N'Djamena, Chad, to Libreville, Gabon, with an intermediate stop in N'Gaoundéré, Cameroon, crashed during the approach phase. The crew failed to realize that the aircraft's altitude was too low, and the airplane struck the ground approximately 10 kilometers short of the runway. The impact totally destroyed the aircraft.
Casualties
All five occupants—two pilots and three passengers—were killed in the crash. Among the victims was René Journiac, the personal advisor for African affairs to French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Journiac was making a stop in N'Gaoundéré to meet Ahmadou Ahidjo, the President of Cameroon.
Probable Cause
The investigation determined that the crew failed to recognize that the aircraft's altitude was too low during the approach, leading to the crash.