Boeing 727-100 crash, May 10, 2001, Nzagi
Boeing 727-100 accident on May 10, 2001 near Nzagi, Lunda Norte, Angola with no fatalities. Cause: Too low on final approach, with the right main gear...
- Date: May 10, 2001
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-100
- Location: Nzagi, Lunda Norte, Angola
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Too low on final approach, with the right main gear striking an earth mound short of the threshold. The formal cause was not confirmed in the sources.
A Boeing 727 cargo flight from Luanda was too low on final approach to runway 08 at Nzagi. Its right main gear struck an earth mound about 100 metres short of the threshold and collapsed on touchdown, leaving the aircraft resting partly on its belly. All 11 occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.