Accident
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Statuts: | Préliminaire |
| Date: | 02 JUN 2012 |
| Heure: | 19:10 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Boeing 727-221F |
| Compagnie: | Allied Air |
| Immatriculation: | 5N-BJN |
| Numéro de série: | 22540/1796 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1982-04-16 (30 years 2 months) |
| Moteurs: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A (HK3) |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Victimes au sol: | victimes: 12 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC) (Ghâna) |
| Phase de vol: | A l'atterrissage (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM), Nigéria |
| Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC/DGAA), Ghâna | |
| Numéro de vol: | 111 |
A Boeing 727-221F cargo plane suffered a runway excursion on landing at Accra-Kotoka Airport (ACC), Ghana.
The airplane had departed Lagos (LOS) on a cargo flight on behalf of DHL Aviation. Flight 111 had been cleared to land on runway 21at Accra about the time a thunderstorm was over the airfield. After touchdown the airplane could not be stopped on the runway. It ran off the end of the runway, went through the perimeter fence and struck a taxi and a minivan on Giffard Road, opposite of the El Wak Stadium. Ten occupants of the Mercedes-Benz TN 207 minivan died. Two others were reportedly also killed in the accident. The crew members of the Boeing 727 survived.
Accra Airport has a single asphalt runway, 03/21, 11,165 ft / 3,403m in length.
Weather reported one hour before the time of the accident was:
DGAA 021800Z 17005KT 9999 FEW016 SCT031 FEW030CB 27/24 Q1013 TEMPO 5000 -TSRA BKN010
18:00 UTC (18:00 local time): Wind 170 degrees at 5 knots; Visibility 10+ km; few clouds at 1600 feet AGL; scattered clouds at 3100 feet AGL; few cumulonimbus clouds at 3000 feet AGL; Temperature 27°C, Dew point 24°C; pressure 1013 mb; temporary: visibility 5000 m during thunderstorm and rain with broken clouds at 1000 feet AGL.
Sources:
» GhanaWeb
» AFP
Photos
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 APR 1982 | N368PA | Boeing | First flight |
| 26 MAY 1982 | N368PA | Pan American World Airways | delivered |
| 04 DEC 1991 | N368PA | Pan American World Airways | operated Pan Am's last revenue flight (PA436, Bridgetown-Miami) |
| MAR 1992 | N368PA | stored at Albuquerque, NM | |
| 22 JAN 1993 | N368PA | Express One | registered |
| AUG 1994 | N368PA | Express One | converted to -221F freighter |
| 09 DEC 1997 | C-FACN | All Canada Express | registered |
| 19 SEP 2006 | 5N-BJN | Allied Air | bought |
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport et Accra-Kotoka Airport est de 398 km (249 miles).
La distance entre Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport et Accra-Kotoka Airport est de 398 km (249 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
