Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 19 November 2009
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82)
Owner/operator: Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation – CAA
Registration Number: 9Q-CAB
Location: Goma Airport (GOM) –
ÿ Congo (Democratic Republic)
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 117
Component Affected: Landing gear and control surfaces of the MD-82 aircraft.Landing gear and control surfaces of the MD-82 aircraft.
Category: Accident
A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 passenger plane operated by Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation (CAA) experienced a significant accident upon landing at Goma Airport (GOM) in D.R. Congo. The aircraft failed to stop while landing on runway 36, resulting in it overrunning the runway and impacting a rocky lava field. Twenty passengers were injured.A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 passenger plane operated by Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation (CAA) experienced a significant accident upon landing at Goma Airport (GOM) in D.R. Congo. The aircraft failed to stop while landing on runway 36, resulting in it overrunning the runway and impacting a rocky lava field. Twenty passengers were injured.
Description
A McDonnell Douglas MD-82 passenger plane, operated by Compagnie Africaine d’Aviation (CAA), was substantially damaged when it overran the runway on landing at Goma Airport (GOM), D.R. Congo. Some twenty passengers were injured in the accident. Flight E9-3711 operated on a scheduled domestic flight from Kinshasa-N’Djili Airport (FIH) to Goma. The airplane failed to stop while landing on runway 36 and overran into a rocky lava field. Initial press reports indicate the runway was wet.
Primary Cause
Runway conditions ? wet runway ? likely contributed to the aircraft’s loss of control.Runway conditions ? wet runway ? likely contributed to the aircraft’s loss of control.Share on:
