Date: | Tuesday 15 April 2003 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers 836 Viscount |
Owner/operator: | Trans Intair |
Registration: | 9Q-CGL |
MSN: | 435 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:One engine was damaged after landing on a 900 m gravel strip in Congo. A three-engine takeoff was attempted, but one engine failed on takeoff, causing the plane to crash into trees. The exact date of the occurrence is uncertain since April 27 is also mentioned for this crash.
Sources:
Scramble 289
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; ?; November 2002
photo (c) Pol van Damme, via Werner Fischdick; Grand Airport; June 1997
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