Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 OCT 2004 |
| Type: | Let L-410UVP |
| Operator: | El Amiron Plus Corp. |
| Registration: | 9XR-KL |
| C/n / msn: | 831017 |
| First flight: | 1983 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | at an unknown location (Congo (Democratic Republic)) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Chicano, Angola |
| Kigali-Gregoire Kayibanda Airport (KGL/HRYR), Rwanda |
A fuel leak after encountering severe turbulence caused fuel exhaustion some two hours before reaching Kigali. A forced landing carried out in a bushy area.
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» Scramble 315
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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.
