| Date: | Sunday 4 April 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Owner/operator: | Nigeria Airways |
| Registration: | 5N-AAX |
| MSN: | 10218 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12959 hours |
| Cycles: | 13133 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 41 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jos Airport (JOS) -
 Nigeria
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Jos Airport (JOS/DNJO) |
During takeoff from Jos runway 28, the F-27 swerved to the right off the runway and collided with heaps of gravel.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot-in-command rejected the takeoff in crosswind conditions without following the procedures as stated in the Flight Operations Manual.
Sources:
Willem Wendt
Location
Images:
photo (c) Brian Robbins; Freetown; 1966
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