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Crash of a De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth off Muanda: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 6, 1933
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth
Operator:
Carl Nauer
Registration:
CH-326
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Cape Town - Croydon
MSN:
2211
YOM:
1931
Location:
Muanda
Kongo-Central
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was attempting a world record from Cape Town to Croydon. While flying over the delta of the Congo River, the single engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances off Muanda, Bas Congo. The pilot was killed.

Crash of a Sabca DH.50 in Bukama: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 25, 1931
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.50
Operator:
Registration:
OO-AHV
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Elisabethville – Bukama – Luluabourg
MSN:
1
YOM:
1929
Location:
Bukama
Haut-Lomami
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Elisabethville on a flight to Luluabourg with an intermediate stop in Bukama, carrying five passengers and two crew members. The crew initiated the takeoff procedure from a water logged runway. After a course of about 900 metres, the airplane overran and crashed against rocks. All five passengers and the flight mechanic escaped uninjured while the pilot Henri Van Reempst was killed after being wedged between his seat and the steering wheel.

Crash of a Farman F.197 in Dibaya: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Farman F.190
Operator:
Registration:
F-AJJK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Postal (mail)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Antananarivo - Paris
MSN:
7160
YOM:
1929
Location:
Dibaya
Kasai-Occidental
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed Algiers on 13DEC1929 bound for Antananarivo where he arrived on 01JAN1930. On 10JAN1930, the crew departed Antananarivo for his back trip to Paris, with intermediate stops in Quelimane and Elizabethville. Few minutes after its departure from Port-Francqui, the aircraft crashed in the jungle near Dibaya, Kasai. The wreckage and the dead bodies of the crew members were found on 13MAR1930 in an isolated area.
Crew:
Léopold Roux, pilot,
Raymond Caillol, radio,
Eric Dodemont, mechanic.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident could not be determined.

Crash of an Aviméta 92 in Kibanga: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Aviméta 92
Operator:
Eugène de Ligne
Registration:
OO-AJZ
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Albertville – Uvira
MSN:
03
YOM:
1928
Location:
Baraka
Sud-Kivu
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft was performing a flight from Albertville to Uvira with a crew of three on board. While cruising along the Tanganyika Lake, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions with thunderstorm activity, unfavorable winds, heavy rain falls and turbulences. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed near the Burton Bay, near Kibanga, south of Baraka, Sud-Kivu. Both pilots were killed while the mechanic was seriously injured.
Crew:
Edmond Thieffry, pilot,
Gaston Julien, pilot,
Eugène Gastuche, mechanic.
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