ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320458
Date: | Saturday 23 August 2014 |
Time: | 13:48 |
Type: | Let L-410UVP |
Owner/operator: | Doren Air Congo |
Registration: | 9Q-CXB |
MSN: | 820925 |
Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5875 hours |
Cycles: | 7679 flights |
Engine model: | Walter M-601D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mulume Munene -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Bukavu-Kavumu Airport (BKY/FZMA) |
Destination airport: | Kama |
Investigating agency: | BPEA |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A Doren Air Congo Let L-410 turboprop aircraft crashed in a wooded area in mountainous terrain during a flight between Bukavu and Kama in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The airplane departed Bukavu at 13:42 hours carrying a crew of two, two passengers and nearly 1,300 kg of goods. The cruising altitude was FL105. Last radio contact was at 13:48.
The burnt wreckage was located on August 25 at Mulume Munene, 30 km south-southwest of Kavumu Airport.
The Causes:
Despite the loss of flight data due to the thermal influence of the high temperature on the flight data recorder tape following the fire; the probable cause of this accident was the loss of an engine in very dangerous high terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BPEA |
Report number: | BPEA/ACCID/04/20144 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Radio Okapi 24-8-2014 Radio Okapi 25-8-2014 Location
Images:
photo (c) Richard Wagner, via Werner Fischdick; Nürnberg Airport (NUE/EDDN); July 1993
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