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Criminal Occurrence description
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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
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
Destination airport:Benguela-Gen V Deslandes Airport (BUG/FNBG), Angola
Narrative:
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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