Date: 27 APR 2006
Time: ca 11:00
Type: Convair CV-580F
Operator: LAC - SkyCongo
Registration: ZS-SKH ?
Msn / C/n: 147
Year built: 1954
Crew: 3 fatalities / 3 on board
Passengers: 5 fatalities / 5 on board
Total: 8 fatalities / 8 on board
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: near Amisi Airport (D.R. Congo)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature: Cargo
Departure airport: Goma Airport (GOM)
Destination airport: Amisi Airport
The Convair CV-580 departed Goma (GOM) at 07:30 UTC on a cargo flight to Amisi. The airplane carried telecom equipment on behalf of the Vodacom company. The Convair was one of two planes used by LAC - SkyCongo, a subsidiary of Skyhaul (South Africa).
sources: Huit morts dans un crash d’avion près Lubutu (Maniema) (Radio Okapi, 28-4-2006) Un crash d'avion au Maniema fait 8 morts (L'Express 28-4-2006)
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AIRCRAFT PROFILE CONVAIR CV-580
* Last fatal CV-580 hull-loss accident: 13 AUG 2004 Air Tahoma N586P, near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, KY (CVG) - 1 fatality
* Total number of CV-580 hull-losses: 30 (28 accidents and 2 unknown occurrences), of which 14 losses were fatal
* 7th worst accident
* Survival rate for all fatal CV-580 accidents: on average 27,3% of all occupants survived fatal accidents
* history of this airplane:
- N7600 built as Convair CV-340-63
- N7600 Union Oil Company of California (JAN 1954)
- N7600 converted to CV-580 (NOV 1960)
- N7600 Esso (OCT 1961)
- N100A Esso (OCT 1961)
- N200A Esso (MAR 1965)
- N2006 Esso (APR 1966)
- N2006 General Motors (APR 1967)
- N73158 Lake Central Airlines (AUG 1967)
- N5838 Allegheny (AUG 1968)
- N5838 stored Marana, AZ (OCT 1975)
- C-GQHA Great Lakes Airlines (DEC 1976)
- C-GQHA Air Ontario (JAN 1981)
- OO-DHF EAT/DHL (SEP 1988)
- EC-HJU Swiftair/DHL (FEB 2000)
- ZS-SKH Skyhaul (JUL 2005)
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OPERATOR PROFILE LAC-SKYCONGO
SkyCongo is a subsidiary of Skyhaul (South Africa), partnering with LAC – Lignes Aériennes Congolaises since 2005 on flight within D.R.Congo.
* 1st airliner hull-loss accident
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COUNTRY PROFILE D.R.Congo
* Last fatal airliner hull-loss accident: 04 OCT 2005 Antonov 12 of Wimbi Dira Airways at Aru Airport - 2 fatalities
* 16th worst civil airliner hull-loss accident
* The country is rated Cat.2 (not meeting ICAO standards) in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)