| Date: | Sunday 19 June 2005 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Wimbi Dira Airways |
| Registration: | 9Q-CWI |
| MSN: | 33257/16509 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kalima Airport (KLY) -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Kalima-Kakungwa Airport (KLY/FZOD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The DC-3 reportedly bounced several times on landing and groundlooped, causing separation of the main landing gear and one engine.
Sources:
PPRuNe
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Alexey; Kalima Airport (KLY); 13 October 2006
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Lanseria Airport (HLA/FALA); January 2004
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Lanseria Airport (HLA); January 2001
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