Date:	Wednesday 14 October 1987
Time:	08:05
Type:	Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules
Owner/operator:	Zimex Aviation
Registration:	HB-ILF
MSN:	4701
Year of manufacture:	1976
Total airframe hrs:	8772 hours
Cycles:	5708 flights
Engine model:	Allison 501-D22A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Unlawful Interference
Location:	40 km W of Kuito -   Angola
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Kuito Airport (SVP/FNKU)
Destination airport:	Benguela-Gen V Deslandes Airport (BUG/FNBG)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The Hercules aircraft took off from Kuito at 06:50 UTC for a return flight to Benguela. On climbout a no. 1 engine failure was simulated by the pilot. The aircraft then continued to climb to FL240. At 4 min 36sec after takeoff, the no. 3 engine exploded. A fire then erupted. The Hercules descended fast and collided with 8 houses of the Cancao village, killing two people on the ground.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident can be explained by the fact that the aircraft was struck by ground fire or a missile, the origin of which couldn't be established."

Schlussbericht der Eidgenössischen Flugunfall-Untersuchungskommission über den Unfall des Flugzeuges Lockheed 382G-44K-30 "Hercules" HB-ILF vom 14. Oktober 1987 40km W Kuito (Angola), Nr. 1987/A 26 1366

photo (c) unknown

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Basel Airport (BSL); September 1987

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