Kananga - Lodja - Goma

On March 4, 2013 at 05:44 PM, Kananga - Lodja - Goma experienced a crash involving Fokker 50, operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation, with the event recorded near Goma Nord-Kivu.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 70.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Kananga to Goma with an intermediate stop in Lodja, carrying four passengers, 6 crew members and a load of various goods. On final approach to Goma Airport Runway 36, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to heavy rain falls. On final, the aircraft contacted the roof of a house and crashed in the garden of a residential area, coming to rest upside down. Three passengers were seriously injured while seven other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9Q-CBD, MSN 20270, year of manufacture 1992.