| Date: | Saturday 5 February 1955 |
| Time: | 10:04 |
| Type: |  Bristol 170 Freighter 21E |
| Owner/operator: | West African Airways Corp |
| Registration: | VR-NAD |
| MSN: | 12779 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 84 km NW of Calabar -
 Nigeria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Enugu Airport (ENU/DNEN) |
| Calabar Airport (CBQ/DNCA) |
The Bristol 170 was flying at about 4000 feet altitude on its way to Calabar when it suddenly entered a steep, uncontrollable dive. The aircraft crashed on a densely wooded hillside.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The structural failure of the port main plane."
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