| Date: | Monday 7 June 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
| Owner/operator: | Swissair |
| Registration: | HB-IHH |
| MSN: | 46582/187 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 139 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) |
The DC-10 was speeding down the runway when a tyre on the right hand main gear burst, followed by another tyre.
The rims of both wheels contacted the runway and debris was ingested by the no. 3 engine. This engine caught fire. The crew then aborted the takeoff and the aircraft came to rest 1000 m short of the runway end. The engine was destroyed and airframe substantially damaged.
Sources:
World Aircraft Accident Summary - CAP 479
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