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| Date: | Sunday 27 July 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | TRACEP |
| Registration: | 5Y-LJM |
| MSN: | 208B1091 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Bunia Airport (BUX/FZKA), Bunia, Ituri -
 Congo (Democratic Republic)
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Aru Airport |
| Bunia Airport (BUX/FZKA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 5Y-LJM, veered off the runway and came to rest in a ditch after landing at Bunia Airport (BUX/FZKA), Democratic Republic of Congo.
Both occupants were not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to outer left wing structure, and the Nose landing gear has been dislodged and bent rearwards.
Sources:
https://buniaactualite.cd/flash-un-avion-rate-la-piste-datterrissage-a-laeroport-de-bunia/
https://x.com/bwindja/status/1949478048505438562
History of this aircraft
Ex N741VL, N1272N
Location
Media:
#RDC : Un avion de la compagnie Tracep sort de piste à l’aéroport de Bunia. Des sources aéroportuaires évoquent une défaillance du système de freinage comme cause probable de l’accident. pic.twitter.com/9US4Vd6cZ7
— HU INFOS (@Huinfos) July 27, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2025 11:49 | ASN | Added |
| 27-Jul-2025 12:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jul-2025 13:49 | Captain Adam | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jul-2025 14:56 | SignorPignolini | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jul-2025 05:09 | vasilf | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, ] |
| 28-Jul-2025 05:30 | Petropavlovsk | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jul-2025 05:33 | vasilf | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Damage, ] |
| 28-Jul-2025 06:28 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jul-2025 06:37 | Captain Adam | Updated [Damage, ] |
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