Kinshasa - Boende

On January 7, 1975 at 12:00 AM, Kinshasa - Boende experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Air Zaïre, with the event recorded near Boende Tshuapa.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

38 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 37 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 2.6%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 34, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an apparent wrong approach configuration, the airplane landed too far down the runway. After touchdown, it was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and collided with an embankment located 100 meters past the runway end. All 38 occupants escaped injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. A young boy was killed on the ground.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9Q-CLM, MSN 10393, year of manufacture 1969.