Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 19 JUN 2005 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK |
| Operator: | Wimbi Dira Airways |
| Registration: | 9Q-CWI |
| C/n / msn: | 16509/33257 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kalima Airport (KLY) (Congo (Democratic Republic)) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Kalima-Kakungwa Airport (KLY/FZOD), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
The DC-3 reportedly bounced several times on landing and groundlooped, causing separation of the main landing gear and one engine.
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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.
