Date & Time: Nov 29, 1983
Type of aircraft:
Partenavia P.68
Registration:
9Q-CEZ
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Humanitarian
Survivors:
No
MSN:
197
YOM:
1979
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Kinshasa-Ndolo Airport, while climbing in marginal weather conditions, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed in the Zaire River few hundred meters offshore. The pilot, sole on board, was killed and the aircraft sank.