| Date: | Saturday 16 October 1999 |
| Time: | 11:46 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62F |
| Owner/operator: | Continental Cargo Airlines |
| Registration: | 9G-REM |
| MSN: | 45910/311 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (HK) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA) |
| Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft departed Oostende, Belgium at 02:00 for a flight to Kinshasa, D.R.Congo. A technical stop was made at Tunis, Tunisia.
The crew was unable to perform the runway 24 ILS approach because of an airborne equipment malfunction. They changed to a visual procedure for runway 24, with a left tail wind. The crew flew a short pattern because the pilot considered that he had very little fuel left. The landing was very hard and off centre. The DC-8 slid off the runway to the left. A fire ensued immediately.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
Location
Images:
photo (c) Grant Davies; Kinshasa-N'Djili APT; 16 October 1999
photo (c) Jeroen Westram; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); July 1999
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