| Date: | Sunday 21 November 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Pacific Western Airlines |
| Registration: | C-FPWX |
| MSN: | 4361 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D22A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kisangani -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Oostende Airport (OST/EBOS) |
| Lubumbashi-Karavia Airport (FZQO) |
The crew tried to land the aircraft in a clearing when the right wing struck a 30 m high tree. Part of the wing was sheared off, and the aircraft impacted other trees and small termite mounts before colliding with a big termite mount.
The airplane carried power plant machinery.
Sources:
Toledo Blade - Nov 23, 1976
Location
Images:
photo (c) John Smith; East Midlands Airport (EMA); 26 September 1976
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