Incident Overview
Date: Friday 17 November 1961
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar
Owner/operator: Aeronautica Militare Italiana – AMI
Registration Number: MM52-6014
Location: near Kalungwi village –
ÿ Tanzania
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10
Component Affected: Undercarriage legUndercarriage leg
Category: Accident
An emergency landing occurred due to engine failures on a United Nations support flight from Pisa, Italy to Lopoldville-N’Djili Airport (FIH) in Congo. After touchdown, a left undercarriage leg collapsed following damage from running through a hole, resulting in damage to the cockpit. The aircraft subsequently struck the ground.An emergency landing occurred due to engine failures on a United Nations support flight from Pisa, Italy to Lopoldville-N’Djili Airport (FIH) in Congo. After touchdown, a left undercarriage leg collapsed following damage from running through a hole, resulting in damage to the cockpit. The aircraft subsequently struck the ground.
Description
Engine problems forced the pilot to carry out an emergency landing. After touchdown one undercarriage leg collapsed after running through a hole. The airplane yawed and struck the ground, destroying the cockpit. The airplane operated in on a United Nations support flight from Pisa, Italy to Lopoldville-N’Djili Airport (FIH), Congo (now Kinshasa).
Primary Cause
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