ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333792
Date: | Friday 22 April 1960 |
Time: | 05:55 |
Type: | Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) |
Owner/operator: | Sobelair |
Registration: | OO-SBL |
MSN: | 3099 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Total airframe hrs: | 30594 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2000-D5 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 35 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 8 km SE of Bunia Airport (BUX) -
Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA) |
Destination airport: | Bunia Airport (BUX/FZKA) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A Douglas C-54 passenger plane was destroyed in an accident near Bunia, D.R.Congo. All 28 passengers and seven crew members were killed.
The Sobelair flight departed Brussel (BRU), Belgium at 09:11, April 21, on a flight to Elizabethville (now named Lubumbashi). Intermediate stops were planned at Rome, Cairo and Bunia. The flight left Cairo, Egypt at 20:49.
While descending towards Bunia, the C-54 flew into the Pic de Bogoro, some 60 metres below the summit.
PROBABLE CAUSE (translated from original French report): The accident occurred because the pilot, the captain, carried out a descent while the height of cloud base (ceiling) was below the minimum required by the Administration and the Operator.
Sources:
Rampen in België / Hans Van Riemsdijk, Christian Deglas Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation