Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 FEB 1996 |
| Time: | 05:40 |
| Type: | Antonov 12BP |
| Operator: | Aero Tropical |
| Registration: | ER-ACE |
| C/n / msn: | 402812 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Engines: | 4 Ivchenko AI-20M |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 35 km (21.9 mls) from Lukapa (Angola)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD/FNLU), Angola |
| Lukapa Airport (LBZ/FNLK), Angola |
Crashed in poor visibility after a flight from Luanda.
An Antonov 12 (D2-FAO) with the same construction number was seen at Luanda 19 AUG 1999. The id of the aircraft involved (ER-ACE, c/n 402812) in this accident is probably incorrect.
Sources:
» Flight International 13-19/3/96 (9)
» Scramble 203(65)
» Scramble 204(48)
» Scramble 205
» Scramble 246
Photos
The An-12 was registered ER-ACE in October 1994 after 29 years of service in Algeria
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.
