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| Date: | Friday 24 May 2013 |
| Time: | 20:50 UTC |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73CF |
| Owner/operator: | Transair Cargo Services |
| Registration: | 9Q-CJO |
| MSN: | 46133/534 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM/FZQA) -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Investigating agency: | BPEA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Boeing 737-300, registration OO-LTM, was arriving at Lubumbashi Airport after a flight from Kinshasa. After landing on runway 07, a ATC cleared the flight to position no.3 on the apron. During the taxiing manoeuvres, the pilot cleared the runway via the East ramp, but proceeded to parking position no. 2 following the marshaller's instructions.
ATC instructed the pilot of the Boeing 737 to keep parallel to a DC-8 (Transair Cargo Services, 9Q-CJO), but the pilot estimated that he could make a 180° turn to position himself on position no.2.
While making this rotation, the left wing of the B737-300, struck the left wing of the parked DC-8, damaging the wing tip of the DC-8, which fell on the pavement.
The winglet of the B 737 was slightly damaged.
The incident and all its consequences were due:
1. The poor maneuver of the pilot-in-command of the B 737-300, registration OO-LTM ;
2. The allocation routine of parking space by the RAMP supervisor of KORONGO Airlines ;
3. The pilot-in-command of the B 737-300, registration OO-LTM, failure to understand the marshaller's instructions;
4. The air traffic controller's procrastination in assigning parking lots 3 and 2 to the B 737-300 aircraft, registration OOLTM.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
BPEA
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jul-2020 13:12 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Accident report, ] |
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