Last updated: 5 December 2021
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | Monday 1 September 2008 |
| Time: | ca 16:00 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 1900C-1 |
| Operating for: | Air Serv International |
| Leased from: | CemAir |
| Registration: | ZS-OLD |
| MSN: | UC-137 |
| First flight: | 1990 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) NW of Bukavu-Kavumu Airport (BKY) ( Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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| Crash site elevation: | 3048 m (10000 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport (FKI/FZIC), Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Bukavu-Kavumu Airport (BKY/FZMA), Democratic Republic of the Congo |
A Beech 1900 operating on behalf of Air Serv International departed Kinshasa on a humanitarian flight to Goma (GOM). En route stops were made in Mbandaka (MDK) and Kisangani (FKI). The last stop before Goma would be Bukavu (BKY), a one hour flight from Kisangani. The airplane approached Bukavu in severe weather. It flew into a steep ridge, some 15 km northwest of Bukavu. The crash site is at about 10,000 ft above sea level and is a steep slope of mount Kahuzi. The area is thick jungle.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» Humanitarian aircraft goes missing in Congo-U.N. (Reuters, 1-9-2008)» Air Serv International press release 2 SEP 2008
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accident date: 01-09-2008
type: Beechcraft 1900C-1
registration: ZS-OLD
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport to Bukavu-Kavumu Airport as the crow flies is 493 km (308 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport to Bukavu-Kavumu Airport as the crow flies is 493 km (308 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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Beech 1900
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