Beechcraft 1900C crash, Mar 17, 2001 (16 killed), Lubango
Beechcraft 1900C accident on March 17, 2001 near Lubango, Huíla, Angola with 16 fatalities. Cause: Possible loss of control after the pilot-in-command...
- Date: March 17, 2001
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900C
- Location: Lubango, Huíla, Angola
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Possible loss of control after the pilot-in-command became spatially disoriented during a descent in instrument conditions.
A SAL Express Beechcraft 1900C descending into Lubango in heavy rain and low cloud struck a mountain slope about 16 km northwest of the runway 10 threshold. Sixteen of the 17 people aboard were killed, and one passenger survived. The aircraft was flying a scheduled service from Luanda.