Beechcraft 200 D2-FKK

Summary

On 19 January 2008 at about 07:32 local time, a Beechcraft 200 registered D2-FKK, operated by Giraglobo Company, was involved in an accident near Huambo, Angola. 13 people were on board and 13 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 January 2008 at 07:32

Classification

Accident

Location

Huambo, Angola

Coordinates

-12.7683, 15.9050

Aircraft

Beechcraft 200

Registration

D2-FKK

Category

Airplane

Operator

Giraglobo Company

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Luanda → Huambo

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

NTSB number

DCA08WA031

13 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On January 19, 2008 at 0732 UTC, D2-FK, Beech 200, a charter flight, operated by Gira-globo Company, crashed in mountainous terrain near Huambo, Angola. The airplane crashed during an approach to land at Huambo Aerodrome. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot, copilot and eleven passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed and there was ground fire. The flight originated in Luanda, Angola. The investigation is being conducted by the Angola Department of Civil Aviation. The US Accredited Representative is Dennis L. Jones, NTSB, Washington, D.C. (tel. 202-314-6321).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.