Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 16 MAY 2003 |
| Type: | Antonov 12BP |
| Operator: | Força Aérea Popular de Angola |
| Registration: | T-307 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 Ivchenko AI-20M |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Menongue (Angola)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Menongue Airport (SPP/FNME), Angola |
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The plane had flown from Luanda to deliver fuel to a military depot in Menongue. The Antonov had technical problems before landing in Menongue and the crew tried to fly it to another city for repairs.
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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.
