Last updated: 21 October 2021
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Thursday 8 September 2005 |
| Time: | ca 08:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | TMK Air Commuter |
| Registration: | 9Q-CBO |
| MSN: | 735 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Murambi ( Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA), Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Butembo Airport (FZBM), Democratic Republic of the Congo |
The Twin Otter departed Goma at 08:13 for a domestic flight to Butembo. About two minutes after departure an engine powerloss occurred. The pilot decided to try and make an emergency landing at Gisenyi Airport, just over the border with Rwanda. The airplane did not make it to the airport and a forced landing was carried out in a banana field. Some three occupants sustained injuries. The Twin Otter sustained serious damage to the fuselage. A.o. the right wing broke off on impact.
Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» Radio Okapi» Le Phare
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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.
