| Date: | Saturday 20 November 1999 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Reims Cessna F406 Caravan II |
| Owner/operator: | SAL - Sociedade de Aviaçao Ligeira |
| Registration: | D2-ECQ |
| MSN: | F406-0019 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-112 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Benguela-Gen V Deslandes Airport (BUG) -
 Angola
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Luanda Airport (LAD/FNLU) |
| Benguela-Gen V Deslandes Airport (BUG/FNBG) |
The aircraft's nose gear collapsed during the landing roll. The airplane had reportedly touched down hard on the nose gear.
D2-ECQ was further damaged at Benguela Airport on 28 December 2000 when it was sprayed with small arms fire by a small force of armed men when parked in a hangar under repairs.
Sources:
Air International July 2001, p14
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