Date:	Thursday 13 April 1995
Time:
Type:	Aero Modifications AMI C-47TP (DC-3T)
Owner/operator:	Wonderair
Registration:	ZS-LYW
MSN:	14357/25802
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65AR
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Kikwangala -   Congo (Democratic Republic)
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The AMI DC-3T, a turboprop conversion of the DC-3, was damaged beyond repair in an accident. Both pilots are said to have died in the accident.
Reportedly the airplane stalled and crashed while on final approach.

The airplane also had clipped wings with square wing tips. This was a conversion that was not accomplished on all DC-3T's. It increased the stall speed. The crew were reportedly not used to flying aircraft with this specific conversion.

The location of the accident has been reported as Kikwangala, D.R. Congo. No evidence could be found on the existence of a village or city with that name. Likwangbala is a village with a name with most resemblance to Kikwangala.

The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Farnborough Airport (FAB/EGLF); September 1992

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