ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329747
| Date: | Thursday 26 December 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman American G-1159 Gulfstream II |
| Owner/operator: | Togo Government |
| Registration: | 5V-TAA |
| MSN: | 149 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lome Airport (LFW) -
 Togo
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | SF |
| Departure airport: | Niamey Airport (NIM/DRRN) |
| Lome Airport (LFW/DXXX) |
A Gulfstream II corporate jet, the presidential jet of Togo President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, was damaged beyond repair in a fatal accident near Lome Airport (LFW). Three crew members were killed but all three passengers survived.
The corporate jet was returning from Niamey Airport (NIM) where it had taken Niger President Seyni Kountche.
In January 1974 Togo President Gnassingbé Eyadéma had lost his Presidential Douglas C-47 in an accident.
Sources:
Toledo Blade - Dec 29, 1974
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