Date: | Thursday 19 November 2009 |
Time: | 11:00 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) |
Owner/operator: | Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation - CAA |
Registration: | 9Q-CAB |
MSN: | 49702/1479 |
Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 117 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Goma Airport (GOM) -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) |
Destination airport: | Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 passenger plane, operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (CAA), was substantially damaged when it overran the runway on landing at Goma Airport (GOM), D.R. Congo. Some twenty passengers were injured in the accident.
Flight E9-3711 operated on a scheduled domestic flight from Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) to Goma. The airplane failed to stop while landing on runway 36 and overran into a rocky lava field. Initial press reports indicate the runway was wet.
Sources:
Radio Okapi
RDC: un avion rate son freinage en bout de piste, quelques blessés légers (AFP, 19-11-2009)
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