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Aircraft

20 June 2010 · Dima, Congo · Fatal

Summary

On 20 June 2010 at about 09:00 local time, a an aircraft of an unrecorded type, operated by Aero Service, was involved in an accident near Dima, Congo. 11 people were on board and 11 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 09:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Dima, Congo
Coordinates
1.8394, 13.9047
Aircraft
Not recorded
Registration
Not recorded
Operator
Aero Service
Operating rule
Non-U.S., Commercial
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
NTSB number
DCA10WA070

People

11 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
11 11 0 0 0

Probable cause

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 June 20, 2010, about 0900 UTC, a CASA C-212 airplane, TN-AFA, crashed under unknown circumstances near Dima, Republic of Congo (ROC). The 2 crew and 11 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. The chartered flight was en route from Yaounde, Cameroon to Yangadou, ROC. The investigation is being conducted by the Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile, Democratic Republic of the Congo. As the State of manufacture of the engine, a US Accredited Representative has been assigned. Please refer all questions about the accident to: Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile B.P. 128 Brazzaville, Congo

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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