| Date: | Saturday 28 September 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54B-1-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Pan African Airlines |
| Registration: | N90427 |
| MSN: | 10445 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 57 / Occupants: 57 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Port Harcourt Airport (PHC) -
 Nigeria
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Lagos/Ikeja International Airport (LOS/DNMM) |
| Port Harcourt Airport (PHC/DNPO) |
The DC-4 approached Port Harcourt in darkness. The runway lights were on and the crew reported the runway in sight. The left wing then struck the top of two 50 feet-high trees. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed in a village. The plane carried munitions, which caused explosions and a massive fire.
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