ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17125
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| Date: | Thursday 11 March 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | F Lejear (Societe de Transports Aeriens Regionaux/STAR |
| Registration: | OO-CCB |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Kivu -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lake Kivu, Belgian Congo (now DR Congo) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82a Tiger Moth; origin and MSN unknown, but probably ex-Southern Rhodesia Air Force. Civil registered in the Belgian Congo (CofR 945/C 52) 6.12.45 as OO-CCB to F Lejear (Societe de Transports Aeriens Regionaux/STAR), Costermansville/Kamembe.
Crashed into Lake Kivu 11.3.54; registration OO-CCB cancelled 13.5.54.
Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Lake Kivu empties into the Ruzizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika. The location is at approximate coordinates 2° 0′ 0″ S, 29° 0′ 0″ E
Sources:
1. Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 / J.Appleton and A. Thys, 1980 (ISBN 0 904597 25 3)
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
3. http://www.brugier.com/textes/txt/oo-aaa.txt
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Kivu
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Apr-2008 07:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Oct-2021 20:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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