ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-10-DK Dakota 3 (DC-3) G-AVPW Huambo
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Date:Thursday 3 September 1970
Time:10:12 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
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)
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: 03-09-1970
type: Douglas Dakota III
registration: G-AVPW
photo of Douglas-Dakota-III-G-AVPW
accident date: 03-09-1970
type: Douglas Dakota III
registration: G-AVPW
photo of Douglas-Dakota-III-G-AVPW
accident date: 03-09-1970
type: Douglas Dakota III
registration: G-AVPW
photo of Douglas-Dakota-III-G-AVPW
accident date: 03-09-1970
type: Douglas Dakota III
registration: G-AVPW
photo of Douglas-Dakota-III-G-AVPW
accident date: 03-09-1970
type: 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.
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