Plane crash AN-12B airlines Mikma (leased by the Angolan airlines) in the area of Lucapa

Date of the crash: 27.02.1996, the
Country air crash: Angola
Place the crash: near Lucapa
Type of aircraft: An-12B
Join the aircraft: ERACE
Name of aviation companies: Aero Tropical

Chronology of events:

Plane owned Moldovan Airlines' Mikma "together with the citizens of Moldova, the crew working in the Angolan airline« Aero Tropical »contract. When approaching a landing gear for landing in bad weather during the day at an altitude of 1800 m the crew asked for permission to land. The plane, according to witnesses, began to fall, the smoke was visible under the fuselage, cargo dropped through the hole behind the aircraft. The crew did not contact. The aircraft crashed at approximately 16 km from the strip.

Data on victims:

Total on board were people 9: 6 3 crew members and passengers. Total killed 9 people: crew 6, 3 passengers.

Details of the crash:

Phase of flight: the approach
Identified causes of the crash: the causes are unknown

Data on the plane:

aircraft Brand: An-12B
ID aircraft: ER-ACE
Country where registered aircraft: Moldova
Date of manufacture of the aircraft: 28.05.1965
Serial number of the aircraft: 402812

Flight data:

Tour type: Truck
Aviation Company: Aero Tropical
The country, which was registered aviation company: Angola
I am flying from Luanda
Flying in: Lucapa
Original item: Luanda
A final point: Lucapa

The details:

The findings, which investigated plane crash

Unknown cause of the accident. According to the conclusions of the commission, including the probable causes, the cause of the disaster - the collision of the aircraft with the "mysterious" object in the air that penetrated the fuselage and caused the in-flight fire on board.

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