3 AUG 2006 Antonov 28 TRACEP, near Bukavu (D.R. Congo),  17(17)

Status: Preliminary Date: 03 AUG 2006 Type: Antonov 28 Operator: TRACEP Registration: ? Crew: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 Passengers: Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 Total: Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 Airplane damage: Written off Location: 15 km (9.4 mls) from Bukavu ( Congo (Democratic Republic)) Phase: En route Nature: Passenger Departure airport: Lugushwa, D.R.Congo Destination airport: Bukavu-Kamenbe (BKY / FZMA), D.R.Congo Narrative: The Antonov descended towards Bukavu in low clouds and struck a mountainside. It crashed in a forest and caught fire. sources: Crash d'un avion au Sud-Kivu: 17 morts (Radio Okapi, 4-8-2006) Reuters -------------------------------------------- AIRCRAFT PROFILE ANTONOV 28 * Last hull-loss accident: 24 DEC 2005 African Union, Zalingeim Sudan- 2 fatalities * Total number of hull-losses: 20 losses (excluding PZL M-28, a version built under license by PZL) * The worst An-28 accident * Survival rate for all fatal An-28 accidents: on average 27,3% of all occupants survived fatal accidents -------------------------------------------- OPERATOR PROFILE TRACEP Little is known about this small domestic Congolese carrier. Together with other airlines from the D.R. Congo, TRACEP has been banned from landing in a EU country. -------------------------------------------- COUNTRY PROFILE D.R. CONGO * Last fatal airliner hull-loss accident: 07 JUL 2006 An-12 of Mango Airlines near Sake- 6 fatalities * 11th worst passenger/cargo plane accident * The country is rated Cat. 2 (not meeting ICAO standards) in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA) * All airlines (except for a TriStar plane from Hewa Bora) from D.R. Congo are not allowed to land in the E.U. ( http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air/safety/flywell_en.htm)