| Date: | Wednesday 16 April 1997 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Forces Armées Nigeriennes |
| Registration: | 5U-MBD |
| MSN: | 4829 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 10 km SE of Niamey Airport (NIM) -
 Niger
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lome Airport (LFW/DXXX) |
| Niamey Airport (NIM/DRRN) |
Crashed near the village of Sorey with two engines on fire.
Sources:
Voix du Sahel, Niamey - April 16, 1997
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