Date:	Monday 8 January 1996
Time:	12:43
Type:	Antonov An-32B
Owner/operator:	African Air
Registration:	RA-26222
MSN:	2301
Year of manufacture:	1988
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-20
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	237
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kinshasa-N'Dolo Airport (NLO) -   Congo (Democratic Republic)
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Kinshasa-N'Dolo Airport (NLO/FZAB)
Destination airport:	Kahemba Airport (FZCF)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The An-32 freighter plane couldn't gain height after takeoff from Kinshasa-N'Dolo Airport. The crew elected to abort the takeoff, but the aircraft overran the runway by 600 m and crashed into a market square. Unconfirmed reports say the aircraft was overloaded by 595 pounds.
The aircraft was owned by Moscow Airways and was also flown by a Russian crew. African Air wasn't authorized to operate this flight, and has therefore borrowed authorization papers from Scibe Airlift.

Aviation Week & Space Technology 16.1.96(27-28)
Flight International 17-23 January 1996 (8)
ICAO Adrep Summary 1/96 (#9)
Scramble 201

photo (c) Felix Goetting, via Werner Fischdick; Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO); 10 July 1994

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