2021 Kin Avia Let L-410UVP-E crash

Accident
A Let L-410UVP-E operated by Kin Avia crashed after takeoff from Kavumu Airport in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo on June 16, 2011. The flight, carrying 1.6 tons of sheet metal, was flying to Shabunda Airport in Shabunda Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The three occupants of the airplane, a Russian pilot, a Congolese copilot, and one passenger, were killed. and a cargo shift caused it to suddenly pitch up less than 30 seconds after takeoff and entered a full aerodynamic stall. The aircraft struck the ground with a substantial vertical speed but with a nearly level attitude.
Rescuers found the pilot and the passenger dead when they arrived, and the copilot was in critical condition, but later died of his injuries. They took the remains of the victims to the Pakistani United Nations camp near the site of the accident.
The aircraft, registration 9S-GRJ was built in 1987 and originally operated by Aeroflot. It was purchased by Kin Avia in 2007.
The accident led to calls for the modernization of the Kavumu airport by the Nouvelle Dynamique de la Société Civile (NDSCI), a Congolese citizens movement. The organization said that the accident was a symptom of what it called amateurism and complacency in the maintenance of aircraft at the airport.

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