Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 NOV 1976 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules |
| Operator: | Pacific Western Airlines |
| Registration: | C-FPWX |
| C/n / msn: | 4361 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison 501-D22A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Kisangani (Congo (Democratic Republic)) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Oostende Airport (OST/EBOS), Belgium |
| Lubumbashi-Karavia Airport (FZQO), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
The crew tried to land the aircraft in a clearing when the right wing struck a 30m high tree. Part of the wing was sheared off, and the aircraft impacted other trees and small termite mounts before colliding with a big termite mount.
The airplane carried power plant machinery.
Sources:
» Toledo Blade - Nov 23, 1976
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
