Status: | |
Date: | Friday 15 September 1961 |
Type: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
Operator: | Air Katanga |
Registration: | OO-ADN |
MSN: | 43099 |
First flight: | 1947 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Elizabethville Airport (FBM) ( Congo (Democratic Republic))
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:DC-4 OO-ADN was parked directly in front of the tower at the Elizabethville Airport (now Lubumbashi). A Katangese Air Force Fouga Magister (93) attacked the airport and dropped two 100 lb. bombs one of which made a direct hit on the DC-4. The Fouga then circled and strafed the field causing much confusion but minor damage.
Classification:
Destroyed on ground
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Alan Yeadon
Photos
accident date:
15-09-1961type: Douglas DC-4-1009
registration: OO-AND
accident date:
15-09-1961type: Douglas DC-4-1009
registration: OO-AND
accident date:
15-09-1961type: Douglas DC-4-1009
registration: OO-AND
accident date:
15-09-1961type: Douglas DC-4-1009
registration: OO-AND
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.