| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | April 28, 2006 |
| Time: | 06:47 |
| Location: | Peak Margarita, Uganda |
| Operator: | King Air Charter |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Goma - Bunia, DCR |
| AC Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Registration: | ZS-ADL |
| cn / ln: | 208B-0381 |
| Aboard: | 3 (passengers:1 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:1 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The cargo flight on behalf of the United Nations, crashed on the east side of Margarita's peak.The flight crew did not operate the route indicated in the submitted flight plan. Instead, the crew opted to use administrative flight planning data to execute a direct GPS route that led the plane to high terrain with clouds and low visibility, resulting in a controlled flight into terrain. |
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