| Date: | Friday 12 September 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Owner/operator: | TMK Air Commuter |
| Registration: | 9Q-CRY |
| MSN: | 612 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Minembwe Mountains -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bukavu-Kamenbe Airport (BKY/FZMA) |
| Uvira |
Crashed into a hill. The aircraft was carrying people to a church convention in Manembwa.
Sources:
Scramble 226
Reuters
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