Air caribou lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft accident
| Air caribou lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft accident | |
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 A Lockheed L-188 Electra from VARIG, identical in construction to the aircraft involved in the accident |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Loss of control of an unqualified cockpit crew after an engine failure |
| place |
Kinshasa , Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| date | February 8, 1999 |
| Fatalities | 7th |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Lockheed L-188 Electra
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| operator |
Air Karibu for Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo
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| Mark |
9Q-CDI
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| Departure airport |
Ndjili Airport , Kinshasa , Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| Destination airport |
Mbandaka Airport , Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| Passengers | 0 |
| crew | 7th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The air accident of a Lockheed L-188 Electra Air caribou occurred on February 8, 1999. A Lockheed L-188 Electra airline Air caribou from the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a cargo flight from the airport Kinshasa Ndjili to Mbandaka was conducted fell That day while trying to return to the departure airport, got out of control and fell to the ground. All seven crew members were killed in the accident.
machine
The aircraft was a 40 year old Lockheed L-188 Electra with factory number 1037 , which was finally assembled at the Lockheed plant in 1959 . The 40-year-old machine made its maiden flight on January 27, 1959. On February 16, 1959, she was delivered to American Airlines and put into operation by American Airlines with the aircraft registration number N6108A and the name Flagship Buffalo . The machine was retired in September 1962 and exported to Brazil . On September 10, 1962, the Electra was re-registered by VARIG with the registration number PP-VJN , and from March to April 1975 it was leased to Cruzeiro do Sul, also from Brazil . It was decommissioned in 1992. The aircraft was exported to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in June 1993 and went into operation at Blue Airlines with the new 9Q-CDI registration , while largely retaining the VARIG color scheme . The machine was later passed on to Air Karibu. She was named Dominique Misenga . The four-engine medium-range aircraft was equipped with four turboprop engines of the type Allison 501-D13 equipped.
the accident
The machine was chartered by the Congolese armed forces to transport fuel to Mbandaka . The aircraft, overloaded by six tons, also carried live ammunition, including bombs. Shortly after take-off, engine no. 3 had to be shut down due to engine damage. The captain attempted to return to the airport, but the plane lost altitude and control was lost. The machine crashed about three minutes after take-off on the premises of the electricity works of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
root cause
A decisive factor in the accident was the fact that an underqualified crew was used: Since no first officer was present, the flight engineer performed the duties of the first officer and a ground mechanic performed the duties of the flight engineer.
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- Accident report L-188, 9Q-CDI , Aviation Safety Network
- Accident report L-188, 9Q-CDI , planecrashinfo.com
- Company history and production list , rzjets.net