Date:	Tuesday 27 February 1996
Time:	05:40
Type:	Antonov An-12BP
Owner/operator:	Aero Tropical
Registration:	ER-ACE
MSN:	402812
Year of manufacture:	1965
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-20M
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	35 km from Lukapa -   Angola
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Luanda-4 de Fevereiro Airport (LAD/FNLU)
Destination airport:	Lukapa Airport (LBZ/FNLK)

Narrative:
Crashed in poor visibility after a flight from Luanda.
An Antonov 12 (D2-FAO) with the same construction number was seen at Luanda 19 AUG 1999. The id of the aircraft involved (ER-ACE, c/n 402812) in this accident is probably incorrect.

Flight International 13-19 March 1996 (9)
Scramble 203(65)
Scramble 204(48)
Scramble 205
Scramble 246

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; London-Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS); March 1980

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