Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 14 OCT 1987 |
| Time: | 07:05 UTC |
| Type: | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
| Operator: | Zimex Aviation |
| Registration: | HB-ILF |
| C/n / msn: | 4701 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8772 |
| Cycles: | 5708 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison 501-D22A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 40 km (25 mls) W of Cuito (Angola) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Cuito Cuanavale Airport (CTI/FNCV), Angola |
| Benguela-Gen V Deslandes Airport (BUG/FNBG), Angola |
The Hercules aircraft took off from Kuito at 06:50 UTC for a return flight to Benguela. On climbout a no. 1 engine failure was simulated by the pilot. The aircraft then continued to climb to FL240. At 4min 36sec after take-off, the no. 3 engine exploded. A fire then erupted. The Hercules descended fast and collided with 8 houses of the Cancao village, killing two people on the ground.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident can be explained by the fact that the aircraft was struck by ground fire or a missile, the origin of which couldn't be established." Sources:
» Schlussbericht der Eidgenössischen Flugunfall-Untersuchungskommission über den Unfall des Flugzeuges Lockheed 382G-44K-30 "Hercules" HB-ILF vom 14. Oktober 1987 40km W Kuito (Angola), Nr. 1987/A 26 1366
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Cuito Cuanavale Airport to Benguela-Gen V Deslandes Airport as the crow flies is 680 km (425 miles).
Distance from Cuito Cuanavale Airport to Benguela-Gen V Deslandes Airport as the crow flies is 680 km (425 miles).
