Descripción del Accidente ASN 29 JUL 1997 BAC One-Eleven 203AE 5N-BAA - Calabar Airport (CBQ)
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Estado:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Fecha:martes 29 julio 1997
Tipo:Silhouette image of generic BA11 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
BAC One-Eleven 203AE
Operador:ADC Airlines
Registración: 5N-BAA
Numéro de série: 041
Año de Construcción: 1965
Motores: 2 Rolls-Royce Spey 506-14D
Tripulación:Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 6
Pasajeros:Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 49
Total:Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 55
Daños en la Aeronave: Anulado
Consecuencias: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:Calabar Airport (CBQ) (   Nigeria)
Fase: Aterrizaje (LDG)
Naturaleza:Vuelo Doméstico Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM), Nigeria
Aeropuerto de Llegada:Calabar Airport (CBQ/DNCA), Nigeria
Descripción:
The aircraft landed at Calabar runway 03 in heavy rain. The One-Eleven overshot the runway, went through a ditch and continued some 1500 m before coming to rest in the bush. One of the engines caught fire (post-impact). There was a 240 m cloud base and 2800 m visibility in rain.

Probable Cause:

CAUSE: The hurried straight in approach procedure adopted by the Commander of the aircraft that may have been induced by the inadequate weather information he got about the airfield and the fact that the VOR Navigation an incorrect radial of the runway.

Fuentes:
» Ian Churchill
» Reuters
» The Federal Ministry of Aviation Nigeria


Fotos

photo of BAC-One-Eleven-203AE-N1547
accident date: 29-07-1997
type: BAC One-Eleven 203AE
registration: N1547
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport to Calabar Airport as the crow flies is 581 km (363 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

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.
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