TACV Flight 5002 was a flight operated by
TACV
Cabo Verde Airlines is an international airline based in Cape Verde. It connects three continents with non-stop flights from their hub at Amílcar Cabral International Airport on Sal Island.
History
Cabo Verde Airlines was established in 1958 ...
that crashed on 7 August 1999. Due to technical difficulties, the aircraft normally serving the route from
São Pedro Airport on the island of
São Vicente,
Cape Verde
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to
Agostinho Neto Airport on the island of
Santo Antão, a
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, which produced the aircraft from 1965 to 1988; Viking Air purchased the type certificate, then rest ...
, was replaced with a
Cape Verde Coast Guard Dornier 228
The Dornier 228 is a twin- turboprop STOL utility aircraft, designed and first manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until 1998. Two hundred and forty-five were built in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. In ...
(registration D4-CBC).
The aircraft took off from São Pedro at 11:42 for the short flight to Agostinho Neto. Thirteen minutes after takeoff, rain and fog covered Santo Antão and placed the arrival airport below
VFR minimums. The pilots made the decision to return to São Vicente at 11:56. The aircraft overflew the island of Santo Antão at 12:02, but crashed into the wooded mountainside at an altitude of . The aircraft burst into flames, killing all 18 passengers and crew on board.
References
Aviation Safety
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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1999