Accident description
Last updated: 22 June 2018
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 19 January 2008 |
| Time: | 07:32 UTC |
| Type: |  Beechcraft B200 Super King Air |
| Operator: | Gira Globo |
| Registration: | D2-FFK |
| C/n / msn: | BB-1026 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Bailundo ( Angola)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Luanda Airport (LAD/FNLU), Angola |
| Huambo Airport (NOV/FNHU), Angola |
The airplane crashed into a mountain during an approach to land at Huambo Airport (NOV), Angola. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot, copilot and eleven passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed and there was ground fire.
Weather was poor (rainy and foggy). Preliminary reports suggests the aircraft was flying below the minimum safe altitude over the mountainous area.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain
Sources:
» National Institute of Civil Aviation (INAVIC)» Angola Press
» NTSB Identification: DCA08WA031
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Luanda Airport to Huambo Airport as the crow flies is 517 km (323 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Luanda Airport to Huambo Airport as the crow flies is 517 km (323 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.
