14 October 1987 - Zimex

The Hercules C-130, registration HB-ILF, took off from Kuito at 06.50 UTC for a return flight to Benguela. On climbout a no.1 engine failure was simulated by the pilot. The aircraft then continued to climb to FL240. At 4min 36sec after take-off, the no.3 engine exploded. A fire then erupted. The Hercules descended fast and collided with 8 houses of the Cancao village, killing two people on the ground.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident can be explained by the fact that the aircraft was struck by ground fire or a missile, the origin of which couldn't be established."

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Transcript of the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)

Legenda:
PIC = captain
F/O = copilot
F/E = Flight Engineer
L/M = Loadmaster

Time	Source:	Content:
	F/E	Lets go!
	F/E	Power is in, flight idle
	F/E	increase we got 10 stable .... on me
	F/E	stable
	F/E	comes 11
	F/E	12 13 14 got 15 16 hold on
	F/E	please retard one
	F/E	thanks hold him there
	PIC	speed increasing on both sides
	PIC	80 kts your controls
	F/E	your power is good
	PIC	V1 the throttles
0:00	PIC	VR
	PIC	and V2
	PIC	positive climb, undercarriage up please
0:10		coming away we lost no 1 (piep ....)
	F/E	malfunction identified
	F/E	ok power loss on no. 1
	F/O	ok total power loss
	PIC	total power loss
	F/O	ok going for V2 plus 10 keep it there
	PIC	standby 400 ft
0:32	PIC	400 feet we got
	F/O	feather no 1
		speed we got, height we got accelerating ...
		flaps to 20 in 10's please
		ok coming away
		keeping
		it would have been ... (28) or 20 aehh ...)
	F/O	undercarriage check up
	PIC	undercarriage is up
	F/O	meto power
	F/E	setting meto power on three
	PIC	ok take it away
	F/O	ok
	F/O	flaps all the way up
	F/E	coming on all four
	F/E	Climb power now Sir
	F/O	ah yes please
1:33	F/E	this is normal bleed
	PIC	ok it wasn't too bad
1:55	F/E	have climb power
	F/O	thank you
	PIC	ok this is good for go
	PIC	" normal debriefing " after a/c full established
	F/E	1013
	PIC	1013
2:42	F/E	we got 83
	F/E	the after-take-off list is now completed
		.............
		"voices of passengers"
		"joking"
3:46	F/O	we are out of 10
3:49	PIC	Kuito, red cross 880 is airborn 0650 and we will be in Benguela at 0730, climbing to flight level 240
		"Conversation on VHF between RX07 and air ops Huambo and at the same time communications RX880 and Kuito TWR "
4:22	ATC	"ETA Benguela confirm"
	PIC	Benguela estimate 0740
	ATC	"Benguela roger - report 240"
4:36	PIC	Roger will do
4:45	F/O	Autopilot is going .... in
5:23		"Bang" (loud explosion)
5:25		Oh god
5:26	F/E	no 3 engine
5:27	F/E	Shut it down
	F/O	And nacell fire sir
5:32	PIC	Fire the bottle
5:40	F/O	Fire light still on
	F/E	Garry go and check pls
5:45		"Bang" (headset)
5:49	PIC	What the fuck was that ?
	F/E	Had a turbine exploded I think
		according to NTSB Need help, down the back, we are on fire over or according to Zimax: I made up we are under groundfire
		Is it ?
5:55	L/M	We got a total fire, a total fire
		ok
5:56	F/O	Return
	PIC	According the (speed) ok no problem
6:01		Check ......
6:53		Sound (self test of the CVR)
7:05		End of tape

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