Date:	Wednesday 1 March 1978
Time:	12:43
Type:	Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000
Owner/operator:	Nigeria Airways
Registration:	5N-ANA
MSN:	11993
Year of manufacture:	1970
Total airframe hrs:	10625 hours
Cycles:	13303 flights
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	2 km SW of Kano International Airport (KAN) -   Nigeria
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Sokoto Airport (SKO/DNSO)
Destination airport:	Kano International Airport (KAN/DNKN)

Narrative:
At 12:31 hours the Fokker F-28 was cleared by Kano Control Tower to descend to flight level 65. When reporting field in sight it was asked to maintain same flight level because a Nigerian Air Force MiG-21U jet trainer had been cleared to descend to 500 m off (about 3,000ft QNH) and report overhead. When the jet trainer was on final it was cleared for a touch-and-go and while it was taking off the F-28 reported left hand down wind runway 05 still maintaining FL65. The F-28 was then cleared to descend to circuit altitude and report final as number 1. The jet trainer was informed accordingly and was instructed to let the F-28 land first. At 12:42 hours the F28 was on final and cleared to land. At 12:43 the duty controller observed the aircraft crashing in flames about 2 km before runway 05 threshold.

Willem Wendt
A Benefit Analysis for Cabin Water Spray Systems and Enhanced Fuselage Burnthrough Protection (CAA PAPER 2002/04)
Nigeria Reports 18 Dead in Crash Of Civilian and Military Planes (New York Times - Mar 3, 1978)

photo (c) Fokker, Frank Ellemers; near Amsterdam; October 1970

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