Boeing 737 TL-ADM

Summary

On 29 April 2009 at about 08:00 local time, a Boeing 737 registered TL-ADM, operated by Bako Air, was involved in an accident near Kwilu, Bandundu, Congo. 7 people were on board and 7 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 April 2009 at 08:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Kwilu, Bandundu, Congo

Coordinates

-5.0622, 18.8772

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

TL-ADM

Engines

2

Operator

Bako Air

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Harare → Harare

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

DCA09WA060

7 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On April 29, 2009, about 0800 UTC, TL-ADM, a Boeing 737-200, operated by Bako Air of the Central African Republic, a ferry flight, crashed at the locality of Massamba, District of Kwilu, province of Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo. All seven occupants were fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The departure point was Brazzaville, Republic of Congo and the destination was Harare, Zimbabwe. The investigation is being conducted by the Ministry of Transport and Communication. The US NTSB has designated an Accredited Representative to support the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.