| Date: | Thursday 6 July 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadair CL-44D4-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Tradewinds Airways |
| Registration: | G-BCWJ |
| MSN: | 28 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Tyne 515 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Mombasa-Moi International Airport (MBA/HKMO) |
| Kigali Airport (KGL/HRYR) |
The right main gear wouldn't lock up following takeoff from Mombasa. The aircraft, carrying 20 tonnes of cement, diverted to Nairobi. The right main gear collapsed on landing.
Sources:
Flight International 15 July 1978 (184)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 April 1962 | N602SA | Slick Airways | 0 | Wake Island |  |
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Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Rotterdam Airport (RTM/EHRD); October 1977
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