Aircraft

Summary

On 19 April 2009 at about 11:00 local time, a an aircraft of an unrecorded type, operated by Compagnie Africaine d"Aviation, was involved in an accident near Goma, Congo. The number of people on board was not recorded. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 April 2009 at 11:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Goma, Congo

Nearest airport

Goma International (FZNA)

Coordinates

-1.6708, 29.2383

Aircraft

Not recorded

Registration

Not recorded

Operator

Compagnie Africaine d"Aviation

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

DCA10WA044

Injuries not recorded.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On November 19, 2010, about 0900 UTC, 9Q-CAB, an MD-80 operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation, a domestic scheduled passenger flight, overran runway 36 during landing and struck obstacles at Goma International Airport, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. There were 117 persons aboard, and 20 passengers were injured. The airplane was destroyed. There was no fire. The flight originated at Kinshasa, DRC. The investigation is being conducted by the Congo Ministry of Transport. The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of design/manufacture.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.