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| Date: | Saturday 28 July 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Compagnie Cotonnière et Industrielle |
| Registration: | 9Q-CCC |
| MSN: | 31-... |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Sabyinyo -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Kavumu Airport (BKY/FZMA) Bukavu, Zaire |
| Goma International Airport (GOM/FZNA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) when flew into high ground at the 3,645 metre (11,959 ft) Mount Sabyinyo in the Virunga Mountains, in the Virunga National Park. Aircraft impacted at 7,000 feet, 68 km from Goma, Zaire.
The aircraft crashed and burst into flames, falling hundreds of feet below the point of impact. All seven persons on board (crew of two plus five passengers. all reported in the press as Belgian nationals) were killed. Two of the fatalities were small children.
Sources:
1. http://www.stanleyville.be/documents/9Q.pdf
2. http://www.inchi-yetu.be/sl_kzi_phil.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 00:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Feb-2016 21:11 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 13-Feb-2016 21:12 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Sep-2017 17:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-May-2019 12:42 | TB | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Oct-2019 18:10 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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