Cotonou - Kinshasa

On January 18, 1994 at 12:00 AM, Cotonou - Kinshasa experienced a crash involving Learjet 24, operated by Scibe-Airlift Zaïre, with the event recorded near Kinshasa-N'Djili Kinshasa City Province.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was cleared for a night visual approach to Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport. Weather conditions were good with a visibility over 10 km. On approach, ATC asked the crew to turn on the approach lights. Shortly later, the aircraft struck the ground and crashed 20 km short of runway 24 threshold. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9Q-CBC, MSN 24-248, year of manufacture 1972.