# NTSB ENG26WA009: Embraer EMB145, Kolwezi, Congo - Kinshasa, November 17, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 17, 2025, 11:38 local (09:38 UTC)
- Place: Kolwezi, Congo - Kinshasa · FZQM airport.
- Coordinates: -10.763834, 25.507545 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-10.7638&lon=25.5075&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 24 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202028
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG26WA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202028/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG26WA009

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: D2-AJB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB145 (LU)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 456
- Year built: 2001
- Engines: Rolls-Royce AE3007 7580 hp turbo fan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Airjet Angola
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: FZQA, Lubumbashi International Airport, OF
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: FZQM, Kolwezi Airport
- Equipment: Unknown

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

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