Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | xx DEC 2001 |
| Type: | Douglas C-53-DO (DC-3) |
| Operator: | ? |
| Registration: | ZS-OJD |
| C/n / msn: | 4890 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lubumbashi-Luano (FBM) (Congo (Democratic Republic))
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Lubumbashi-Luano (FBM/FZQA), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
Reportedly the undercarriage collapsed on landing. The aircraft had arrived from South Africa; previous owner Debonair had sold or leased the plane to an operator in Congo.
Sources:
» Viktor Culjak
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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.
