Shootdown of a Zimex Aviation Lockheed L-100
Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules · The shootdown of a Zimex Aviation Lockheed L-100 occurred on 14 October 1987
From Kuito Airport, Angola to Benguela Airport, Angola
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 8 · all aircraft and ground (occupants minus survivors)
- Ground fatalities
- 2
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Unknown
Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules
- Aircraft type
- Lockheed L-100
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- HB-ILF
- Operator
- Zimex Aviation
- Onboard fatalities
- 6 (occupants minus survivors)
- Route
- From Kuito Airport, AngolaTo Benguela Airport, Angola
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
The shootdown of a Zimex Aviation Lockheed L-100 occurred on 14 October 1987. The Zimex Aviation Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules, which was on a flight within Angola from Kuito Airport to Benguela Airport, crashed to the ground after an engine explosion. It is suspected that the loss of control and crash had been preceded by fire from anti-aircraft missiles.
Accident sequence
The aircraft lifted off at 07:50 in Kuito, Angola. During the climb the captain simulated a failure of engine No. 1. The aircraft then continued to climb, to flight level 240. Four minutes and 36 seconds after takeoff, engine No. 3 suddenly exploded. A fire broke out. The aircraft rapidly lost altitude and collided with eight houses in the village of Cancao, killing a woman and a small child in the settlement.
Investigation and cause
Cause
The investigators considered it possible that the aircraft had crashed after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. The origin of the missile could not be determined.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the German Wikipedia article “Abschuss einer Lockheed L-100 der Zimex Aviation” (revision 258112821, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
German Wikipedia article: Abschuss einer Lockheed L-100 der Zimex Aviation
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 258112821 · 2025-07-21 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q111660582
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- de Wikipedia article "Abschuss einer Lockheed L-100 der Zimex Aviation" (page 12177364, revision 258112821), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities plus ground fatalities (aircraft occupants minus survivors)
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
- Summary
- Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (2)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the German Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.
- The Wikipedia infobox's fatality count includes the ground fatalities (its survivors account for everyone else aboard); those aboard who died are that count minus the ground fatalities.