Date: | Sunday 1 November 2015 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I |
Owner/operator: | Malu Aviation |
Registration: | 9Q-CNP |
MSN: | 164 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | Kinshasa-N'Dolo Airport (NLO/FZAB) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH), D.R. Congo. The 22 passengers and four crew members escaped unharmed.
Press reports indicate that the aircraft suffered problems with the left hand main gear on takeoff from Kinshasa-N'Dolo Airport. The pilot apparently diverted to N'Djili. The aircraft landed gear up to the right side of runway 24.
Sources:
Actu.cd Location
Images:
photo (c) Adam Messer; Kinshasa-N'Dolo Airport (NLO/FZAB); 01 November 2015
photo (c) Timo Blossfeld; Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS); 23 August 2015
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