- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 27, 1949 |
Time: | 08:00 |
Location: | Leopoldville, Zaire |
Operator: | Sabena |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Leopoldville - Elizabethville |
AC Type: | Douglas C-47B-5-DK |
Registration: | OO-CBK |
cn / ln: | 14600/26045 |
Aboard: | 20 (passengers:17 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 5 (passengers:3 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft did not achieve a proper climb rate after taking off and crashed while making a low altitude right turn. Water in the fuel and excessive lead on the spark plugs. |
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