ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322337
| Date: | Thursday 8 September 2005 |
| Time: | 08:15 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | TMK Air Commuter |
| Registration: | 9Q-CBO |
| MSN: | 735 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Murambi -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA) |
| Butembo Airport (FZBM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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.
Sources:
Radio Okapi
Le Phare
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