| Date: | Wednesday 12 March 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12BP |
| Owner/operator: | Alada Empresa de Transportes Aereos |
| Registration: | RA-11531 |
| MSN: | 6344506 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11200 hours |
| Cycles: | 2230 flights |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lukapa Airport (LBZ) -
 Angola
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD/FNLU) |
| Lukapa Airport (LBZ/FNLK) |
The Antonov crashed 150 m short of the runway while approaching Lukapa airstrip in dense fog. The aircraft was on its third attempt to land.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
AFP
Scramble 218
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); December 1992
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