| Date: | Saturday 15 February 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-8-54F |
| Owner/operator: | MK Air Cargo |
| Registration: | 9G-MKB |
| MSN: | 45860/256 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B (Q) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km from Kano International Airport (KAN) -
 Nigeria
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) |
| Kano International Airport (KAN/DNKN) |
The DC-8 cargo plane struck a tree and crashed while on a VOR approach to runway 06 at Kano Airport, Nigeria.
Crashed and caught fire.
Sources:
Scramble 154
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Oostende Airport (OST); February 1992
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