ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326127
| Date: | Friday 5 January 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Angola Air Charter |
| Registration: | D2-THB |
| MSN: | 4222 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D22A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Menongue Airport (SPP) -
 Angola
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Menongue Airport (SPP/FNME) |
A Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules transport plane was struck by a surface-to-air missile after departure from Menongue Airport (SPP), Angola. The no. 4 engine took a direct hit and the no. 3 engine was damaged by shrapnel.
The crew decided to return to Menongue. The airplane suffered a runway excursion after landing, causing the undercarriage to collapse.
Sources:
Scramble Vol.11, nr.08
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fairbanks International Airport, AK (FAI); May 1973
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