| Date: | Friday 27 July 1951 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol 170 Freighter 21E |
| Owner/operator: | West African Airways Corp |
| Registration: | VR-NAX |
| MSN: | 12784 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3,3 km from Kaduna Airport (KAD) -
 Nigeria
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Kaduna Airport (KAD/DNKA) |
| Ibadan Airport (IBA/DNIB) |
The aircraft was on a charter flight from Kaduna to Ibadan in Nigeria. Due to bad weather at Ibadan, the aircraft was diverted back to Kaduna. Due to the lack of fuel the aircraft crashed about 2 miles from the airport when on the approach.
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