Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 3 September 1970 |
Time: | 10:12 UTC |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-10-DK Dakota 3 (DC-3) |
Operator: | Hunting Surveys |
Registration: | G-AVPW |
MSN: | 12476 |
First flight: | 1944 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | near Huambo ( Angola)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Survey/research |
Departure airport: | Nova Lisboa Airport (NOV/FNHU), Angola |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:During a lo altitude (about 150 m) survey flight out of Nova Lisboa (now Huambo) the DC-3 was being fired at. Hydraulic lines were damaged and fuel leaking rapidly from the starboard fuel tanks. A safe emergency landing was carried out at Nova Lisboa Airport's runway 11.
One of the pilots was injured in the occurrence.
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accident date:
03-09-1970type: Douglas Dakota III
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accident date:
03-09-1970type: Douglas Dakota III
registration: G-AVPW
accident date:
03-09-1970type: Douglas Dakota III
registration: G-AVPW
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.