# NTSB DCA08WA031: Beech 200, Huambo, Angola, January 19, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 19, 2008, 07:32 local (07:32 UTC)
- Place: Huambo, Angola
- Coordinates: -12.768333, 15.904999
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-12.7683&lon=15.9050&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 13 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67413
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA08WA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67413/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08WA031

## Factual 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).

## Aircraft

- Registration: D2-FKK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech 200
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Giraglobo Company
- Departed: Luanda
- Destination: Huambo

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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