Brussels – Gao – Léopoldville

On July 24, 1951 at 05:45 AM, Brussels – Gao – Léopoldville experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by SABENA - Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne, with the event recorded near Gao Gao.

The flight was categorized as cargo 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 listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from runway 25, while climbing to a height of 10 meters, the airplane turn sharply to the left and climbed to a height of 30 meters when it turn again to the left. It then lost altitude and hit the ground with its left wing tip, crashing into flames. All three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration OO-CBA, MSN 6327, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 16.2788°, -0.0492°.