Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 14 June 1941 |
Time: | 08:10 UTC |
Type: | Lockheed 18-08-01 Lodestar |
Operator: | South African Air Force - SAAF |
Registration: | 241 |
MSN: | 18-2045 |
First flight: | 1940 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Dodo River ( Nigeria)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Damaged beyond repair following a forced landing when the instruments became unserviceable during a thunderstorm.
The Lodestar came down in a swamp at the entrance of the Dodo River, Nigeria. The airplane was en route from Bathurst, Gambia to South Africa.
Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.