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Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 incident near Sn, November 27, 1998

On November 27, 1998, a Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11, registered UNK, suffered minor damage in an incident. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under non-U.S. commercial rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries. The weather was conditions the NTSB did not record.

The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
November 27, 1998
Place
, Senegal
Type
Incident
Injuries
The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
Weather
conditions the NTSB did not record
Aircraft
Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 · all MD-11s on the register
Registration
UNK · no longer on the register
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Flight of an unrecorded kind · non-U.S. commercial rules

The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

The aircraft

  • Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
  • Landing gear: fixed
  • Not recorded

The flight

  • Flight plan: not recorded
  • Runway 0

Weather at the time

  • Light: not reported
  • Sky: not recorded; not recorded
  • Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)

Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report

The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.

Other NTSB records under UNK the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time

2025-07-19OPS25LA052 · incident near Minot, ND · no injuries
2021-07-31DCA21WA205 · incident near Perth, outside the U.S.
2021-05-07GAA21WA111 · accident near Estepona · destroyed · fatal
2019-12-05DCA20IA034 · incident near Los Angeles, CA · no injuries
2017-09-13DCA17WA198 · accident near Adelaide · serious injuries
2017-01-20DCA17WA066 · incident near Darlot · minor damage · no injuries
2016-12-15OPS17IA008 · incident near San Francisco, CA
2016-12-12DCA17WA065 · incident near Adelaide · no injuries
2015-08-04DCA15WA174 · incident near Toronto
2014-04-29OPS14IA007 · incident near Powhatan, VA · minor damage · minor injuries

Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.