# NTSB DCA09WA060: Boeing 737, Kwilu, Bandundu, Congo - Kinshasa, April 29, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 29, 2009, 08:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Kwilu, Bandundu, Congo - Kinshasa
- Coordinates: -5.062222, 18.877222 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-5.0622&lon=18.8772&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74152
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA09WA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74152/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09WA060

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,706 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual 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.

## Aircraft

- Registration: TL-ADM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (200)
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Ferry, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Bako Air
- Registered owner: Bako Air
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: FCBB, HARARE
- Destination: FVHA, Harare
- Flight plan: Unknown

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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