| Date: | Monday 2 January 1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-298C |
| Owner/operator: | Air Zaire |
| Registration: | 9Q-CNI |
| MSN: | 20793/333 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) |
When landing in bad weather the Boeing 737 "Lac Tumba" touched down heavily. The crew lost control and the aircraft ran off the side of the runway. This resulted in a nose landing gear collapse; both engines struck the ground and were torn away.
Sources:
Scramble 190(48)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Pedro de la Cruz, via Werner Fischdick; Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI); July 1985
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