Date: | Tuesday 17 August 1999 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
Owner/operator: | Alliance Air Express |
Registration: | 9XR-KD |
MSN: | 827 |
Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lobutu -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Kigali-Gregoire Kayibanda Airport (KGL/HRYR) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Twin Otter was flying cargo to an airstrip on a widened road near Lobutu. Using GPS the crew managed to break through clouds near the airstrip. Visibility of 1 km however caused the crew to land 3 km past the prepared strip. The wing struck an embankment causing substantial damage.
The wreckage was sold to F&M Aviation and shipped to Canada were it was rebuilt in 2007 and delivered to Polynesian Airlines as 5W-FAW in May 2008.
Sources:
Scramble 248
World Airline Accident Summary- Airclaims
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