ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318188
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 October 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A |
| Owner/operator: | SABENA |
| Registration: | OO-UBT |
| MSN: | 19536 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Basankusu -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
Narrative unknown. Two pictures in the book "SABENA: Air Nostalgie" (2002) show the aircraft nosed-over on the overrun of the runway, and with damage to the nose, pitot tubes and bent propellers. Aircraft was repaired and returned to service.
The accident occurred on Wednesday October 3rd 1951. The SABENA Timetables and Fares edition 4 of September 16th 1951 showed that on Wednesdays, Basankusu was served by SABENA flight 402 from Leopoldville (present-day Kinshasa) to Stanleyville (present-day Kisangani) according to following schedule: Leopoldville N'Dolo (FZAB) d.06:30; Coquilhatville (FZEA) a.08:50 - d. 09:20; Basankusu (FZEN) a.10:15 - d.10:35; Lisala (FZGA) 11:35 - 11:55; Stanleyville Simisini (FZIA) a.14:50
Sources:
SABENA: Air Nostalgie (2002, Uitgeverij Van Halewyck/Editions Labor) p.204
SABENA Timetables and Fares No.4 September 16th 1951 (September 16th to October 20th 1951)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 April 1988 | N47FE | Flying Enterprises Inc. | 2 | Quelimane Airport (UEL) |  |
w/o |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jul-2023 11:10 | Anon | Added |
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