Date: | Monday 8 January 1996 |
Time: | 12:43 |
Type: | Antonov An-32B |
Owner/operator: | African Air |
Registration: | RA-26222 |
MSN: | 2301 |
Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 237 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kinshasa-N'Dolo Airport (NLO) -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Kinshasa-N'Dolo Airport (NLO/FZAB) |
Destination airport: | Kahemba Airport (FZCF) |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:The An-32 freighter plane couldn't gain height after takeoff from Kinshasa-N'Dolo Airport. The crew elected to abort the takeoff, but the aircraft overran the runway by 600 m and crashed into a market square. Unconfirmed reports say the aircraft was overloaded by 595 pounds.
The aircraft was owned by Moscow Airways and was also flown by a Russian crew. African Air wasn't authorized to operate this flight, and has therefore borrowed authorization papers from Scibe Airlift.
Sources:
Aviation Week & Space Technology 16.1.96(27-28)
Flight International 17-23 January 1996 (8)
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/96 (#9)
Scramble 201
Location
Images:
photo (c) Felix Goetting, via Werner Fischdick; Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO); 10 July 1994
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