Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 08 JUL 2011 |
| Time: | 15:11 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-022 (WL) |
| Operator: | Hewa Bora Airways |
| Registration: | 9Q-COP |
| C/n / msn: | 18323/136 |
| First flight: | 1965-09-11 (45 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 (HK3/DUG) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 72 / Occupants: 108 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 77 / Occupants: 115 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport (FKI) (Congo (Democratic Republic))
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport (FKI/FZIC), Congo (Democratic Republic) | |
| Flightnumber: | 952 |
A Boeing 727 operated by Hewa Bora Airways crashed on landing at Kisangani Airport (FKI), D.R. Congo. The airplane operated on a domestic flight from Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) to Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport (FKI). Preliminary information from the DRC indicates that of the 115 persons on board, there were 77 fatalities, including the three flight crewmembers and two of the four cabin crew.
The weather was reported to have been poor at the time of the accident with heavy rain, limited visibility and thunderstorms in the area. The airplane collided with the ground during visual approach to runway 31.
Sources:
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Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 APR 1965 | N7031U | Boeing | first flight |
| 22 APR 1965 | N7031U | United Air Lines | delivered |
| 18 AUG 1978 | HL7337 | Korean Air Lines - KAL | bought |
| 20 JUN 1984 | HL7337 | Korean Air | KAL became Korean Air |
| 05 SEP 1985 | N1187Z | ATASCO Leasing Inc. | bought |
| JAN 1986 | N1187Z | Skybus | leased |
| JAN 1986 | N1187Z | World Airways | sub-leased |
| 30 APR 1986 | N1187Z | Skybus | returned |
| 07 MAY 1986 | N1187Z | Air Atlanta | sub-leased |
| MAR 1987 | N863SY | ATASCO Leasing Inc. | returned |
| AUG 1987 | CC-CIW | Ladeco Airlines | leased |
| 16 JUL 1992 | N863SY | ATASCO Leasing Inc. | returned |
| 15 OCT 1992 | VR-BMC | UD Avation Service | |
| 04 FEB 1999 | N727CF | Southwest Jet | |
| 21 DEC 2001 | N727CF | KBK Financial | |
| FEB 2002 | N727CF | PDC 1999 LLC | |
| OCT 2004 | 3D-BOC | Executive Jet Services | |
| 2006 | S9-DBM | Executive Jet Services | |
| FEB 2010 | 9Q-COP | Hewa Bora Airways |
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport to Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport as the crow flies is 1220 km (762 miles).
Distance from Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport to Kisangani-Bangoka International Airport as the crow flies is 1220 km (762 miles).
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.
Congo (Democratic Republic)