Cameroon Airlines Flight 786
Boeing 737-2H7C · Fire following uncontained engine failure
From Douala International Airport (DLA) to Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 2 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 116
- Survivors
- 114
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 0
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 737-2H7C
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- TJ-CBD
- Operator
- Cameroon Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 2
- Route
- From Douala International Airport (DLA)To Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport (NSI)
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
Cameroon Airlines Flight 786 was a Boeing 737-200, registration TJ-CBD, operating as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Douala International Airport, Cameroon (ICAO: FKKD), to Garoua via Yaoundé. On 30 August 1984, as the aircraft was taxiing out for takeoff with 109 passengers and a crew of 7 on board, its number two engine suffered an uncontained compressor failure, which started a fire. All occupants were able to evacuate the aircraft, but two passengers died due to fire outside the cabin. The aircraft burned to the ground and was declared a total loss. The cause of the engine failure has never been determined.
Accident sequence
As the aircraft was taxiing out in preparation for takeoff, a high-pressure compressor disk in the number two (right side) Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 engine failed and disintegrated, with fragments damaging the right wing and perforating the fuel tank. The fuel began leaking from the ruptured tank onto the ground below the aircraft, and a fire was ignited. All occupants were able to evacuate the aircraft, but two passengers died due to the fire outside. The plane was completely destroyed.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Cameroon Airlines Flight 786
- Article
- Cameroon Airlines Flight 786
- Revision
- 1349247062 · 2026-04-16 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q5026436
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Cameroon Airlines Flight 786" (page 23111607, revision 1349247062)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.