Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 JAN 1990 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
| Operator: | Angola Air Charter |
| Registration: | D2-THB |
| C/n / msn: | 4222 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison 501-D22A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Menongue Airport (SPP) (Angola)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Reportedly struck by a missile. The no. 3 and 4 engine were damaged, but the Hercules landed safely. The gear collapsed when overrunning the runway.
Sources:
» Scramble Vol.11, nr.08
Photos
N13ST moved to Alaska International as N103AK and was sold to Angola as D2-FAG in 1977. TAAG re-registered the plane D2-THB in 1982.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
