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Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1

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Juba – Bor – Malakal

MSN:

16 04

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1988

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After touchdown at Bor Airport, the twin engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran, lost its undercarriage and came to rest with the left wing broken in two. All three crew members were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The crew was completing a humanitarian flight from Juba to Malakal with an intermediate stop in Bor on behalf of the World Food Program.

Crash of a Hawker-Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1 in Malakal

Date & Time: Nov 10, 2015

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TL-AEW

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Takeoff (climb)

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Malakal – Wau

MSN:

Set13

YOM:

1966

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Malakal

Upper Nile (أعالي النيل)

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The crew was performing a flight from Malakal to Wau on behalf of the World Food Program. Shortly after takeoff, during initial climb, an unexpected situation forced the captain to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a field past the runway end, slid for few dozen metres and came to rest, bursting into flames. All four crew members evacuated safely and the aircraft was totally destroyed by a post crash fire.

Crash of an Avro 748-399-2B in Panyagor: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 14, 2014 at 1020 LT

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Avro 748

Operator:

Global Airlift

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5Y-BVQ

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Juba – Panyagor

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1778

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1980

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The crew was performing a humanitarian cargo flight from Juba to Panyagor. On final approach, it seems that the crew encountered technical problems, maybe with the undercarriage. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion short of runway and was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. Both pilots were killed while the engineer was seriously injured. The mission was conducted on behalf of the Lutheran World Federation. It was confirmed that ten goats were killed as well.

Crash of an Avro 748-371-2B in Rubkona: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 17, 2014 at 1445 LT

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Avro 748

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Global Airlift

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5Y-HAJ

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Juba – Rubkona

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1776

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1980

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The crew was performing a humanitarian flight from Juba to Rubkona on behalf of the International Organisation for Migration, part of the UNMISS, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. After landing, the aircraft was unstable and went out of control. It veered off runway, hit several cars and lost a wing before coming to rest partially upside down, bursting into flames. The flight engineer was killed while three other crew were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

It is believed that the aircraft was approaching the airport at an excessive speed, too high and unstable.

Crash of an Antonov AN-26 in Doro

Date & Time: Apr 10, 2013

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Antonov AN-26

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EK-26407

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64 07

YOM:

1978

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Doro

Upper Nile (أعالي النيل)

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The aircraft was completing a humanitarian flight to Doro Airfield, South Sudan, carrying four crew members and a load consisting of food. After landing, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway, struck a drainage ditch and came to rest against an earth mound. All four occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Let L-410UVP-E9 in Wau

Date & Time: Feb 28, 2013

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Let L-410

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LZ-CCJ

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Western Bahr el Ghazal (غرب بحر الغزال)

MSN:

02 26 34

YOM:

2002

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Wau

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Cessna 208B Grand Caravan

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The crew was performing a humanitarian flight on behalf of the United Nations Organisation (UNO). Upon landing at Wau Airport, the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft slid on runway for few dozen metres before coming to rest, bursting into flames. Both pilots evacuated safely and the aircraft was partially destroyed by fire.

Crash of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan in Yambio

Date & Time: May 2, 2012 at 1055 LT

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5Y-NGO

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Western Equatoria (غرب الاستوائية)

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Juba - Yambio

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208B-0322

YOM:

1992

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Yambio

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Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-100

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It was reported that the aircraft had taken-off from Juba for Yambio, Sothern Sudan with two crew members and nine passengers onboard. The flight was uneventful up to and until after touchdown, twenty metres after the threshold of runway 03, when it was noted that the aircraft steadily veered to the left. Efforts by the captain to prompt the pilot flying and intercession by taking control of the aircraft and initiating the necessary corrective measures by applying full right rudder yielded no positive results. The aircraft left wheel entered the trench at high speed, causing the aircraft to flip over and crash 200metrs from threshold of runway 03 and came rest in an inverted position. All persons exited safely on their own, except two passengers who were assisted by the captain to disembark. The captain used the portable fire extinguisher to put off the fire that flickered in the engine compartment. The flying pilot sustained injuries on his right foot, while the other passengers were reported to have hard minor injuries. The prevailing weather at the time of occurrence was reported as CAVOK (clear sky, and visibility better than 10Km) with calm North Easterly winds (030/05).

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Crash of a Canadair RegionalJet CRJ-100ER in Kinshasa: 32 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 2011 at 1356 LT

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4L-GAE

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Democratic Republic of Congo

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Kisangani – Kinshasa

MSN:

7070

YOM:

1995

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UNO834

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Kinshasa-N'Djili

Kinshasa City Province

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Captain / Total flying hours:

2811

Captain / Total hours on type:

1622.00

Copilot / Total flying hours:

495

Copilot / Total hours on type:

344

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On final approach to Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport, the crew encountered very poor weather conditions and decided to make a go around. After a climb process of 12 seconds, the aircraft nosed down and at a speed of 180 knots, hit the ground 170 meters to the left of the displaced threshold of runway 24. The aircraft slid for 400 meters before coming to rest in flames upside down. Three passengers were seriously injured and evacuated but of them died from their injuries few hours later. Finally, only one passenger survived the accident. Aircraft was performing a special flight from Kisangani to Kinshasa on behalf of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). The only survivor reported that the aircraft suddenly plunged into the earth while on final approach. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were marginal with storm activity, heavy rain showers, scattered at 2,200 feet and cumulonimbus at 1,500 feet.

Probable cause:

Weather in Kinshasa was bad at the time of the accident, ATC failed to inform the crew about the degradation of the weather conditions and the runway in use was not closed to traffic while the visibility was below the minima. Despite this situation, the crew took the decision to continue the approach procedure while the aircraft was unstable and the approach speed was too high (180 knots). It is reported that the following factors contributed to the accident:
- the crew ignored the published approach procedures,
- improper crew resources management during the execution of the flight,
- during the go around process, the crew encountered adverse weather conditions with vertical wind gusts, downdrafts and a 'magenta' effect. This caused the aircraft to adopt nose down attitude while it was in the final stage of the flight, preventing the pilot to take over the control,
- the pilot training program was inadequate and did not include a proportionate number of flight in the simulator,
- the authority for civil aviation of Georgia has probably approved a small training program for upgrading the captain to his position,
- lack of oversight of the operator by the Georgian Civil Aviation Authority.
In conclusion, investigators believe that the most probable cause of the accident is the fact that the plane encountered a very dangerous meteorological phenomena similar to a microburst, to a very low level during the overshoot process. The dangerous vertical downdraft and gust caused a sudden and remarkable change in the attitude of the aircraft and a substantial loss of altitude. Flying at very low altitude, recovery of such disturbance was not possible.

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Crash of a Piper PA-31 Turbo Navajo B in Concepción: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 1, 2010 at 1346 LT

Type of aircraft:

Piper PA-31-310 Navajo

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CC-PGY

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