Passengers 1 Aircraft type Antonov An-12BK Flight origin Pointe Noire Airport Number of deaths 6 Passenger count 1 | Fatalities 6 Registration TN-AIA Date 26 August 2009 Operator Aéro-Frêt Crew count 5 | |
 | ||
Summary In-flight fire and mid-air break up Destinations Maya-Maya Airport, Brazzaville Similar 2009 Gabonese Eurocopt, 2009 Yakutia Ilyushin Il, 2009 Aviastar British Ae, Divi Divi Air Flight 014, 2009 California mid‑air co | ||
The 2009 Aéro-Frêt Antonov An-12 crash was the crash of an Antonov An-12 into a cemetery at Brazzaville, Congo on 26 August 2009.
Contents
Aircraft
The aircraft involved was an Antonov An-12BK of Aéro-Frêt, registration TN-AIA. The aircraft was manufactured in 1966, msn 6344607.
Accident
The aircraft crashed into a cemetery at Nganga Lingolo on the outskirts of Brazzaville while on a flight from Pointe Noir Airport. The accident happened at 06:00 local time. The five Ukrainian crew and the Congolese passenger died in the accident. The accident site is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) south east of Maya-Maya airport. The aircraft was due to land on runway 05, it was carrying a cargo of food, a minibus and three other vehicles. The METAR in force at the time of the accident was METAR FCBB 260600Z 27006KT 7000 SCT016 OVC130 21/20 Q1015 NOSIG (translation: Metar for Maya-Maya airport, issued at 06:00 UTC on the 26th of the month. Wind direction 270° at 6 knots (11 km/h), visibility 7 kilometres (4.3 mi), scattered clouds at 1,600 feet (490 m), overcast at 13,000 feet (4,000 m), temperature 21°C, dewpoint 20°C, QNH 1013 millibars, no significant change expected in next few hours). At the time of the accident it was drizzling and visibility was 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi). Eyewitnesses reported that one of the wings was on fire before the crash, and that the aircraft broke up in mid-air. The carriage of the passenger was in contravention of the law in the Congo which bans AN-24s from use as passenger aircraft.
Investigation
The accident is being investigated by the Congolese National Agency for Civil Aviation.