Date: | Sunday 19 June 2005 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Wimbi Dira Airways |
Registration: | 9Q-CWI |
MSN: | 33257/16509 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kalima Airport (KLY) -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Kalima-Kakungwa Airport (KLY/FZOD) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The DC-3 reportedly bounced several times on landing and groundlooped, causing separation of the main landing gear and one engine.
Sources:
PPRuNe
Location
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/2005/20050619_DC3_9Q-CWI_17749.jpg)
photo (c) via Alexey; Kalima Airport (KLY); 13 October 2006
![](/photos/wiki/2005/20050619_DC3_9Q-CWI_17750.jpg)
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Lanseria Airport (HLA/FALA); January 2004
![](/photos/wiki/2005/20050619_DC3_9Q-CWI_17751.jpg)
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Lanseria Airport (HLA); January 2001
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