| Date: | Monday 25 April 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Owner/operator: | Nigeria Airways |
| Registration: | 5N-AAW |
| MSN: | 10217 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 21060 hours |
| Cycles: | 22167 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sokoto Airport (SKO) -
 Nigeria
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Sokoto Airport (SKO/DNSO) |
The aircraft overshot the runway while landing in heavy rain. The nose section and cockpit were destroyed and the right-hand engine and left-hand main landing gear were torn off.
Sources:
WCAA
Willem Wendt
Location
Images:
photo (c) Fokker, Frank Ellemers Collection; in flight
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