Date: | Wednesday 16 April 1969 |
Time: | |
Type: | Curtiss C-46 Commando |
Owner/operator: | WIGMO |
Registration: | 9T-PLJ ? |
MSN: | 26710 ? |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | River Congo -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) |
Destination airport: | Kananga Airport (KGA/FZUA) |
Narrative:The pilot reported a landing gear malfunction shortly after takeoff from Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) on a flight to Kananga (KGA). The airplane crashed into River Congo while attempting to return.
The flight was a scheduled run by one of four C46 planes operated by Liechtenstein-registered company WIGMO (Western International Ground Maintenance Organization). The CIA-backed company maintained aircraft for the Congolese Air Force and provided transport.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that WIGMO bought the airplane from Transair Sweden in 1966. Registered SE-CFG the airplane had been withdrawn from use following an accident on March 6, 1966 when the C-46 suffered structural damage following a landing accident at Bunia, DRC.
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