ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 50 9Q-CJB Goma Airport (GOM)
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Tuesday 14 July 2015
Type:Silhouette image of generic F50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fokker 50
Operator:Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation - CAA
Registration: 9Q-CJB
MSN: 20205
First flight: 1990-12-07 (24 years 8 months)
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW125B
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Goma Airport (GOM) (   Congo (Democratic Republic))
Phase: Standing (STD)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Destination airport:Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Narrative:
A Fokker 50 passenger plane, operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (CAA), sustained substantial damage in a ground accident at Goma Airport (GOM), Democratic Republic of the Congo.
As the engines were running in preparation for a test flight, the main landing gear folded back, causing the fuselage to hit the tarmac. The fuselage sustained severe wrinkling to the forward fuselage.

Classification:
Landing gear collapse
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» Zoomeco
» Aéroports du Congo
» Voice of Congo


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Video, social media

AÉROPORT DE GOMA: Avion Fokker 50 de la compagnie Fly CAA endommagé au sol lors du contrôle technique quelques minutes...

Posted by Aéroports du Congo on Thursday, 16 July 2015

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