ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 9Q-CBO Murambi
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Thursday 8 September 2005
Time:08:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC6 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Operator:TMK Air Commuter
Registration: 9Q-CBO
MSN: 735
First flight: 1980
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Murambi (   Congo (Democratic Republic))
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Destination airport:Butembo Airport (FZBM), Congo (Democratic Republic)
Narrative:
The Twin Otter departed Goma at 08:13 for a domestic flight to Butembo. About two minutes after departure an engine power loss occurred. The pilot decided to try and make an emergency landing at Gisenyi Airport, just over the border with Rwanda. The airplane did not make it to the airport and a forced landing was carried out in a banana field. Some three occupants sustained injuries. The Twin Otter sustained serious damage to the fuselage. A.o. the right wing broke off on impact.

Classification:
Forced landing outside airport

Sources:
» Radio Okapi
» Le Phare


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