Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 12 October 2017
Aircraft Type: Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia
Owner/operator: Guicango
Registration Number: D2-FDO
Location: 119 km SW of Dundo – ÿ Angola
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: Right EngineRight Engine
Category: Accident
An Embraer EMB-120ER crashed during a flight from Dundo to Luanda, Angola. Three crew members, two medics, a company employee, and a South African patient were on board. The flight, which took off at 16:58, experienced a series of events leading to the crash. The crew reported a problem with their right engine, turning back to Dundo after five minutes in bad weather. At 17:21, the engine failed, and the aircraft descended to FL180 with a fire in the second engine. The last radio contact was at 17:24, with loss of hydraulics and rapid descent. The wreckage was located in Alto Cuilo, approximately 64 NM from Dundo, and the investigation suggests a human and operational factor contributed to the accident.An Embraer EMB-120ER crashed during a flight from Dundo to Luanda, Angola. Three crew members, two medics, a company employee, and a South African patient were on board. The flight, which took off at 16:58, experienced a series of events leading to the crash. The crew reported a problem with their right engine, turning back to Dundo after five minutes in bad weather. At 17:21, the engine failed, and the aircraft descended to FL180 with a fire in the second engine. The last radio contact was at 17:24, with loss of hydraulics and rapid descent. The wreckage was located in Alto Cuilo, approximately 64 NM from Dundo, and the investigation suggests a human and operational factor contributed to the accident.

Description

An Embraer EMB-120ER, operated by Guicango, was destroyed when it crashed during a flight from Dundo to Luanda, Angola. The flight took off from Dundo at 16:58. On board were three crew members, two medics, a company employee and a South African patient, suffering malaria symptoms. At 17:16, while in cruise flight at FL200, the crew reported to the Dundo Tower that they were flying for five minutes in bad weather. Three minutes later, the flight radioed that they were turning back to Dundo. At 17:21 the flight crew reported that the right engine had failed. At that time they were 85 miles from Dundo. Two minutes later the aircraft reported to be descending through FL180 with a fire in the no.2 engine. The last radio contact with the flight was at 17:24 when the flight crew reported having lost hydraulics. They were descending fast with the engine still on fire. The wreckage was located on October 14, in an area of Alto Cuilo, at a distance of approximately 64 NM from Dundo. PROBABLE CAUSE: The Investigation Committee has determined that the probable cause of the accident, yet to be confirmed, is linked to the involvement of contributing factors from the human and operational groups.

Source of Information

http://angola24horas.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=8576:aeronave-despenha-se-na-lunda-norte&Itemid=619, http://observador.pt/2017/10/13/destrocos-de-aeronave-desaparecida-no-leste-de-angola-terao-sido-avistados/, http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/sociedade/aviao_localizado_sem_sobreviventeshttp://angola24horas.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=8576:aeronave-despenha-se-na-lunda-norte&Itemid=619, http://observador.pt/2017/10/13/destrocos-de-aeronave-desaparecida-no-leste-de-angola-terao-sido-avistados/, http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/sociedade/aviao_localizado_sem_sobreviventes

Primary Cause

Engine failureEngine failure

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