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| Date: | Wednesday 26 February 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.104 Dove 2B |
| Owner/operator: | Libyan Aviation Company (LAVCO) |
| Registration: | G-ANGE |
| MSN: | 04167 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Station N°12, Libyan Desert -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Benina |
| Station No.12, Libyan Desert | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After adverse weather conditions had delayed take-off for about 15 minutes, the aircraft left Benina about 20 minutes before sunset, for a 5-minute flight to take a radio engineer to an oil company's drilling site in the desert, about 100 miles east of Benghazi.
When he arrived at the site, the pilot decided that the remaining light was adequate for a visual landing on the unlighted runway. A tight turn was made onto final approach and, on crossing the threshold, the aircraft struck the ground with its starboard wheel on a heading approximately 30 degrees off that of the runway.
The pilot initiated overshoot action but, before flying speed could be regained, the starboard wheel struck a small pile of stones on the left of the runway.
The starboard undercarriage leg oollapsed and the aircraft continued, with its st rboard wing on the ground, until it came to rest.
Sources:
1. http://website.lineone.net/~biggles200/associfleethis.htm
2. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-ANGE.html
3. https://onespotter.com/aircraft/fid/285396/G-ANGE
4. Accidents to Aircraft A United Kingdom Survey for the year ended 31 st December, 1964
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2008 19:59 | W.Fischdick | Added |
| 28-Jan-2008 03:55 | harro | Updated |
| 19-Mar-2010 05:57 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Apr-2012 10:00 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Apr-2012 10:01 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 21-Feb-2018 11:48 | Amu | Updated [Time, ] |
| 05-Mar-2025 19:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Mar-2025 19:05 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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