Incident Overview
Date: Friday 18 April 2003
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Owner/operator: Wetrafa
Registration Number: 9Q-CWF
Location: Brazzaville-Maya Maya Airport (BZV) –
ÿ Congo
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 45
Component Affected: Weather RadarWeather Radar
Category: Accident
An aircraft experienced a malfunction in its weather radar approximately four minutes after departure, leading to control problems and a forced belly landing at Brazzaville.An aircraft experienced a malfunction in its weather radar approximately four minutes after departure, leading to control problems and a forced belly landing at Brazzaville.
Description
Some four minutes after departure the aircraft’s weather radar is said to have malfunctioned. The crew returned to the airport, but suffered control problems. A forced belly landing was made at Brazzaville.
Primary Cause
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