Kinshasa

Flight Type:

Cargo

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Site:

Schedule:

Ostend - Tunis - Kinshasa

MSN:

45910

YOM:

1967

Location:

Kinshasa-N'Djili

Kinshasa City Province

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While on an ILS approach to runway 24 at Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport, the captain decided to initiate a go-around procedure. While in a circuit in the vicinity of the airport, the pilot informed ATC he would complete the second approach visually and made a short pattern because of low fuel reserve. On approach with a 6 knots tailwind, the aircraft was unstable and not properly aligned when it landed hard on the left of the centerline. Out of control, it veered off runway to the left, lost its undercarriage and came to rest few hundred metres further, bursting into flames. All eight occupants were rescued, among them one was slightly injured. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire.

Probable cause:

Wrong approach configuration.

Crash of a Casa 212 Aviocar 200 in Kinshasa: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1999

Type of aircraft:

Casa 212 Aviocar

Operator:

Registration:

802

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Military

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Schedule:

Harare - Kinshasa

MSN:

295

YOM:

1983

Location:

Kinshasa

Kinshasa City Province

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Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

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Crashed in unknown circumstances while approaching Kinshasa, killing all five crew members who were completing a flight on behalf of the Government of Zimbabwe.

Crash of a Boeing 727-30 near Kindu: 41 killed

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1998 at 1105 LT

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 727-100

Operator:

Congo Airlines

Registration:

9Q-CSG

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Kindu - Kinshasa

MSN:

18369

YOM:

1965

Location:

Kindu

Maniema

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Three minutes after takeoff from Kindu Airport, while climbing, the captain contacted ATC and reported an explosion in the rear of the aircraft. He was able to maintain contact with ATC for few minutes when the aircraft crashed in a jungle some 39 km east of the Airport, 11 minutes later. The aircraft was totally destroyed upon impact and all 41 occupants were killed, among them 20 woman and children.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the aircraft had been shot down by a SAM-7 surface-to-air missile.

Crash of a Convair CV-580 in Tshikapa

Date & Time: Apr 1, 1997

Type of aircraft:

Convair CV-580

Operator:

Registration:

9Q-CRU

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Kinshasa – Tshikapa – Mbuji-Mayi

MSN:

YOM:

1967

Location:

Tshikapa

Kasai-Occidental

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First International Airlines

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During the takeoff roll, the captain heard a noise and suspected a technical problem so he decided to abandon the takeoff procedure. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the aircraft overran and struck an embankment. All 14 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It was reported that the crew initiated the takeoff in an up-slope configuration while the takeoffs at Tshikapa Airport are normally completed in a down-slope configuration. The runway is 1,000 metres long.

Crash of a Boeing 707-331C in Kananga

Date & Time: Jan 16, 1997

Type of aircraft:

Boeing 707

Operator:

Registration:

P4-OOO

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Cargo

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Ostende – Kinshasa – Kananga

MSN:

19435

YOM:

1967

Location:

Kananga

Kasai-Occidental

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After touchdown at Kananga Airport, the right main gear collapsed. The aircraft veered off runway and came to rest, bursting into flames. All five occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Failure of the right main gear upon landing for unknown reasons.

Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40D in Boma: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1994

Type of aircraft:

Yakovlev Yak-40

Operator:

Registration:

RA-87256

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

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Schedule:

Kinshasa - Boma

MSN:

9 31 13 26

YOM:

1973

Location:

Boma

Kongo-Central

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Beechcraft 200 Super King Air

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Aircraft flight hours:

27402

Aircraft flight cycles:

22752

Circumstances:

The aircraft landed 45 metres past the runway 21 threshold at Boma Airfield (runway 21 is 1,082 metres long). The crew started the braking procedure and both engines n°1 & 3 were shut down after a course of about 400-500 metres. At a distance of 200 metres from the runway end, the captain elected to veer to the right to avoid an overrun when the aircraft went down an embankment and came to rest in a 8 metres deep ravine, bursting into flames. Four people were injured and five others were killed. The aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

Wrong approach configuration on part of the crew who landed at an excessive speed. The following contributing factors were reported:
- Poor efficient braking,
- The aircraft speed upon landing was exceeding the aircraft flight manual,
- Uncoordinated actions of the crew on the application of the main and emergency braking that were used simultaneously which is non compliant with published procedures,
- Erroneous shutdown of the central engine (n°2) during the first half of run.

Crash of a Beechcraft 200 King Air in Kinshasa: 9 killed

Date & Time: May 7, 1994 at 0045 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

9Q-CTG

Flight Phase:

Executive/Corporate/Business

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Site:

Schedule:

Gbadolite - Kinshasa

MSN:

BB-629

YOM:

1980

Location:

Kinshasa-N'Djili

Kinshasa City Province

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Following an uneventful flight from Gbadolite, the crew started a night approach to Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport. On short final, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the aircraft struck trees and crashed 3 km short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed and all nine occupants were killed, among them Mpinga Kasenda, Minister of Foreign Affairs by the Zaire Government, Patrice Mandoko Bingoto, General Manager of SNEL (Société Nationale d’Électricité) and two Tunisian diplomats.

Crash of a Lockheed L-188AF Electra near Kasongo-Lunda: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1986

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed L-188 Electra

Operator:

GLM Aviation

Registration:

9Q-CWT

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Kasongo-Lunda – Kinshasa

MSN:

1045

YOM:

1959

Location:

Kasongo-Lunda

Bandundu

Country:

Region:

Zaire Air Force - Force Aérienne Zaïroise

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Few minutes after takeoff from Kasongo-Lunda, en route to Kinshasa, the crew encountered engine problems. He completed an emergency landing in the bush about 80 km north of Kasongo-Lunda. The aircraft crash landed and was damaged beyond repair. Two passengers were killed while 12 other occupants were injured.

Crash of a Lockheed C-130H Hercules in Kindu: 36 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1980

Type of aircraft:

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Operator:

Registration:

9T-TCE

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Kindu - Kinshasa

MSN:

4569

YOM:

1975

Location:

Kindu

Maniema

Country:

Region: