Date:	Wednesday 18 August 2004
Time:	11:10
Type:	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator:	Transworld Safaris
Registration:	5Y-TWH
MSN:	208B0784
Year of manufacture:	1999
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	16 km N of Goma -   Congo (Democratic Republic)
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Goma Airport (GOM/FZNA)
Destination airport:	Walikale Airstrip
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The Grand Caravan collided with the Nyarigongo Volcano in bad weather, ten minutes after takeoff. It crashed into the 8,500 feet level of the 11,000 feet high volcano.

Scramble 307
Tears as pilot’s body arrives (East African Standard 21-8-2004)
Trois morts dans un accident d'avion en RDCongo (AFP 21-08-2004)

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