Luena – Luanda

On January 27, 2004 at 02:40 PM, Luena – Luanda experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-18, operated by Renan, with the event recorded near Luena Moxico.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

18 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 18 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During the takeoff roll on runway 29, the aircraft did not accelerate as expected. The captain decided to abort the takeoff procedure but the aircraft could not be stopped within the remaining distance. It overran and collided with trees located 100 meters further. A crew member was injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration ER-ICJ, MSN 186 0091 02, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -11.7790°, 19.9123°.