| Date: | Tuesday 4 November 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2M2C |
| Owner/operator: | TAAG Angola Airlines |
| Registration: | D2-TAA |
| MSN: | 21172/439 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 134 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Benguela Airport (BUG) -
 Angola
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Luanda Airport (LAD/FNLU) |
| Benguela-Gen V Deslandes Airport (BUG/FNBG) |
The Boeing landed 4 m short, causing the gear to collapse. The aircraft slid 900 m and came to rest 20 m to the side of the runway. The no. 1 engine and right wing caught fire. The aircraft was destroyed during recovery attempts.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Lack of VASIs and threshold markings caused the pilot's inability to follow the correct approach slope.
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