ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334949
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Date: | Saturday 5 February 1955 |
Time: | 10:04 |
Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter 21E |
Owner/operator: | West African Airways Corp |
Registration: | VR-NAD |
MSN: | 12779 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 84 km NW of Calabar -
Nigeria
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Enugu Airport (ENU/DNEN) |
Destination airport: | Calabar Airport (CBQ/DNCA) |
Narrative:The Bristol 170 was flying at about 4000 feet altitude on its way to Calabar when it suddenly entered a steep, uncontrollable dive. The aircraft crashed on a densely wooded hillside.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The structural failure of the port main plane."
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