Narrative:
A Service Air Ltd. Antonov 12 cargo plane departed Entebbe Airport at 12:48 with destination Kinshasa. The plane carried humanitarian relief items. After takeoff engine problems forced the crew to return to Entebbe. The aircraft crashed in a forest some 6nm (11 km) from the airport.
Investigation revealed that Service Air neither had an Air Service License nor an Air Operators Certificate, nor did they meet the minimum requirements for such operations. For instance, the company had no record of maintenance and no quality controls. There was no records on licensing and training of the crew members or the insurance for the operations. The airplane was found to have crashed due to engine failure and the plane being loaded outside the weight and balance safety envelope.
» The Monitor
accident date: 08-01-2005
type: Antonov An-12
registration: 9L-LEC
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Saturday 8 January 2005 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12 |
| Operator: | Services Air |
| Registration: | 9Q-CIH |
| MSN: | 4341803 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Engines: | 4 Ivchenko AI-20M |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Bukalaza ( Uganda)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN), Uganda |
| Kinshasa (unknown airport), Congo (Democratic Republic) |
A Service Air Ltd. Antonov 12 cargo plane departed Entebbe Airport at 12:48 with destination Kinshasa. The plane carried humanitarian relief items. After takeoff engine problems forced the crew to return to Entebbe. The aircraft crashed in a forest some 6nm (11 km) from the airport.
Investigation revealed that Service Air neither had an Air Service License nor an Air Operators Certificate, nor did they meet the minimum requirements for such operations. For instance, the company had no record of maintenance and no quality controls. There was no records on licensing and training of the crew members or the insurance for the operations. The airplane was found to have crashed due to engine failure and the plane being loaded outside the weight and balance safety envelope.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» New Vision» The Monitor
Follow-up / safety actions
In May 2005 the Ugandan transport minister said following accidents of the foreign-registered aircrafts, the Government issued new safety guidelines barring any foreign planes from flying through Uganda without being checked for required aviation standards.
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accident date: 08-01-2005
type: Antonov An-12
registration: 9L-LEC
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