Kinshasa - Kinshasa

On February 8, 1980 at 12:00 AM, Kinshasa - Kinshasa experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Air Zaïre, with the event recorded near Kinshasa-N'Djili Kinshasa City Province.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was engaged in a local training flight at Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport. After takeoff, while climbing to a height of 200-400 feet, the airplane stalled and crashed in a huge explosion. All three crew members were killed. It was reported that the loss of control occurred while the crew was attempting to simulate an engine failure.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9Q-CLP, MSN 10402, year of manufacture 1969.