| Date: | Wednesday 16 April 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46 Commando |
| Owner/operator: | WIGMO |
| Registration: | 9T-PLJ ? |
| MSN: | 26710 ? |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | River Congo -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH/FZAA) |
| Kananga Airport (KGA/FZUA) |
The pilot reported a landing gear malfunction shortly after takeoff from Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH) on a flight to Kananga (KGA). The airplane crashed into River Congo while attempting to return.
The flight was a scheduled run by one of four C46 planes operated by Liechtenstein-registered company WIGMO (Western International Ground Maintenance Organization). The CIA-backed company maintained aircraft for the Congolese Air Force and provided transport.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that WIGMO bought the airplane from Transair Sweden in 1966. Registered SE-CFG the airplane had been withdrawn from use following an accident on March 6, 1966 when the C-46 suffered structural damage following a landing accident at Bunia, DRC.
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