Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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| Date: | 04 APR 1971 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | Nigeria Airways |
| Registration: | 5N-AAX |
| C/n / msn: | 10218 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12959 |
| Cycles: | 13133 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 38 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Jos Airport (JOS) (Nigeria)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Jos Airport (JOS/DNJO), Nigeria |
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During take-off from Jos runway 28, the F-27 swerved to the right off the runway and collided with heaps of gravel.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot-in-command rejected the take-off in crosswind conditions without following the procedures as stated in the Flight Operations Manual.
Sources:
» Willem Wendt
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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.
