Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 DEC 1999 |
| Time: | 05:45 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
| Operator: | Transafrik |
| Registration: | S9-BOP |
| C/n / msn: | 4477 |
| First flight: | 1972 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison 501-D22A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Luzamba Airport (LZM) (Angola)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Luzamba Airport (LZM/FNLZ), Angola |
The aircraft could not be brought to a halt before the end of the 3000 feet runway. The Hercules overran the dirt runway and went into a 40 feet ravine. The aircraft was reportedly transporting diesel fuel in an internal mounted tank.
Events:
Sources:
» Bob Daley
» ICAO Adrep
» John Plowman
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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.
