Aero Services IL76 at Brazzaville on Nov 30th 2012, impacted buildings short of runway
Last Update: February 28, 2013 / 19:39:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 30, 2012
Classification
Crash
Departure
Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo
Destination
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Aircraft Registration
EK-76300
Aircraft Type
Ilyushin Il-76
ICAO Type Designator
IL76
The local Red Cross confirmed 20 fatalities and reported up to 30 people are feared killed in the crash, 14 persons injured on the ground were taken to hospitals.
Congo's government officials reported that the aircraft landed on Brazzaville's runway 23R in bad weather at around 17:30L (16:30Z) but overran the end of the runway, broke through the airport perimeter fence, crossed a road, impacted multiple buildings and fell into a ravine about 1000 meters/0.54nm past the end of the runway. The brakes of the aircraft belonging to Trans Air Congo had failed, the crew attempted a go-around, the aircraft however did not climb out again. All 6 crew and 19 people on the ground were killed, the 14 injured were taken to hospitals.
Congo's President reported late Dec 1st that the Antonov cargo aircraft EK-7613000 belonging to Aero Service approached the aerodrome while a tornado and heavy thunderstorms were observed around the aerodrome, conditions thought to be unflyable for an aircraft, and came to rest several hundred meters outside the airport. 32 people lost their lives as result of the crash.
Trans Air Congo posted on their Facebook site, but not their official site, that they never used EK-76300.
The aircraft EK-76300 was owned and operated by Air Highnesses (Armenia), the aircraft - that had joined Air Highnesses in 2008 but had retained the paint scheme "HeavyLift Congo" of the former owner according to pictorial evidence in 2011 and was leased out in August 2011 - was flown by a mostly Armenian crew.
The Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) reported on Feb 28th 2013, that they have received the flight data recorders of the crashed IL76 for readout on behalf of the Ministry of Transport of Congo. The recorders show mechanical damage as result of the impact forces. The MAK is working to reconstruct and download the data.
Brazzaville's Maya Maya Airport offers two runways 05L/23R and 05R/23L, both 3300 meters/10820 feet long and 45 meters/100 feet wide. The aerodrome is currently undergoing major upgrades including upgrades and changes of all ILS systems, runway 05R/23L is currently closed and only available as taxiway due to work in progress. Runway 05L offers an ILS approach, runway 23R VOR approaches.
Metars:
FCBB 302000Z 02004KT 7000 -TSRA BKN016 SCT026CB 23/22 Q1012 TEMPO 3000 TSRA
FCBB 301900Z 21005KT 160V270 7000 -TSRA SCT016 FEW026CB 23/22 Q1011 NOSIG
FCBB 301800Z 26005KT 210V320 7000 -TSRA SCT016 FEW026CB 23/22 Q1011 NOSIG
FCBB 301700Z 12007KT 050V170 4000 TSRA FEW010 BKN016 FEW026CB 24/22 Q1009 NOSIG
FCBB 301600Z 21013KT 6000 TS FEW010 BKN020 FEW030CB 30/23 Q1006 BECMG 06015G25KT 4000 TSRA
FCBB 301500Z 26006KT 210V310 9999 FEW020 FEW030CB 33/22 Q1006 NOSIG
FCBB 301400Z 28006KT 230V330 9999 SCT020 FEW030CB 32/22 Q1006 NOSIG
Relevant/Related NOTAMs:
A1748/12 - RWY 05R/23L CLOSED TO TKOF AND LDG TRAFFIC. USED ONLY AS TWY. 04 NOV 08:11 2012 UNTIL 01 FEB 23:59 2013 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 04 NOV 08:14 2012
A1671/12 - IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW LOCALIZER WITH FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS
-FREQ. 111.7MHZ
-IDENTIFICATION ''IBV''
-COORDINATES 04DEG14'16,42''S/015DEG15'59,49''E
-DISTANCE FROM THR 23R:300M
-ANTENNE ALTITUDE:325M(1067FT)
ASECNA AIP: INSERT 5AD2-1-03, 5AD2-1-07 AND 5GEN2-5-01. 19 OCT 11:13 2012 UNTIL PERM. CREATED: 19 OCT 11:14 2012
A1670/12 - IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW GLIDE WITH FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS
-FREQ: 333,5MHZ
-COORDINATES: 04DEG15'21,73''S/015DEG14'35,66''E
-DISTANCE FROM THR 05L: 300M
-DISTANCE FROM RWY CENTRELINE:120M
-ANTENNE ALTITUDE:328M(1076FT)
-SLOPE: 3DEG
ASECNA AIP: INSERT 5AD2-1-07 AND 5GEN2-5-01. 19 OCT 11:05 2012 UNTIL PERM. CREATED: 19 OCT 11:06 2012
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 30, 2012
Classification
Crash
Departure
Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo
Destination
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Aircraft Registration
EK-76300
Aircraft Type
Ilyushin Il-76
ICAO Type Designator
IL76
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