ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323802
| Date: | Monday 8 February 1999 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-188A Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Air Karibu |
| Registration: | 9Q-CDI |
| MSN: | 1037 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D13 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kinshasa -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) |
| Mbandaka Airport (MDK/FZEA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Electra plane was rented by the Congolese Armed Forces to transport fuel to Mbandaka. The aircraft, 6 tonnes overloaded, also carried live ammunition including bombs. Because no co-pilot was present, the flight engineer was performing duties of the co-pilot and a ground mechanic was performing duties of the flight engineer. Shortly after takeoff the no. 3 engine had to be shut down. The captain tried to return to the airport but the plane lost altitude and control, crashing some three minutes after takeoff, on the premises of the Congolese Electricity Company.
Sources:
Africa News Online
Reuters
Scramble 239
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU); 02 January 1990
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