Bukavu – Shabunda

On October 21, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Bukavu – Shabunda experienced a crash involving Let L-410, operated by Tracep, with the event recorded near Bukavu Sud-Kivu.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) 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 listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Bukavu to Shabunda, carrying two pilots and a load of 1,500 kilos of various goods. Few minutes after takeoff from Bukavu-Kavumu Airport, while climbing, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed near the village of Bugulumisa located at the border of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park. The aircraft was totally destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9Q-CUA, MSN X0101, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -2.4982°, 28.8549°.