Accident Antonov An-12TB ST-JUA, Thursday 8 November 2007

Date:	Thursday 8 November 2007
Time:	08:07
Type:	Antonov An-12TB
Owner/operator:	Juba Air Cargo
Registration:	ST-JUA
MSN:	3341110
Year of manufacture:	1963
Total airframe hrs:	11787 hours
Cycles:	7220 flights
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-20M
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT) - Sudan
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS)
Destination airport:	Juba Airport (JUB/HSSJ)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The An-12 cargo plane took off from Khartoum (KRT) at 07:59 in the morning, carrying 11 tons of cargo. Two minutes after departure the pilot reported that engine no. 3 failed due bird strike. He decided to return for landing. The aircraft landed at 08:07 on runway 36 and drifted to the left. The airplane left the runway and its right wing collided with an electric mast before it came to rest on 3 stationary military tanks at a distance of 700 m from the main runway causing major damage to the tanks. The aircraft caught fire and two soldiers on the ground were killed.

Sources:

Al Sahafa

Location

Images:

photo (c) Ibrahim Khalifa; Khartoum-Civil Airport (KRT/HSSS); November 2007