# NTSB DCA08RA095: Beech 1900, Bukavu, Congo - Kinshasa, September 1, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 1, 2008, 15:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place: Bukavu, Congo - Kinshasa
- Coordinates: -2.216666, 28.715278
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-2.2167&lon=28.7153&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 17 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69021
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA08RA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69021/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08RA095

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 1, 2008 about 1510 UTC, ZS-OLD, Beech 1900C, operated by Air Serv International, collided with high terrain during approach to Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The pilot, copilot, and 15 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. There was fire. The last departure point was Kisangani, DRC. The investigation is being conducted by the Ministry of Transport of the DRC. The US Accredited Representative is Dennis Jones, NTSB, Washington, D.C.

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-OLD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900 (C)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Air Serv International
- Registered owner: CEM Air
- Departed: Kisangani
- Destination: FZMA, Bukavu
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: FZMA, Bukavu

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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