Monrovia – Douala

On July 21, 1964 at 12:00 AM, Monrovia – Douala experienced a crash involving Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, operated by Air Congo, with the event recorded near Mt Cameroun Southwest.

The flight was categorized as delivery and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot was completing a flight from the US to Zaïre with intermediate stops in Prestwick, Monrovia and Douala, and was supposed to deliver the airplane to Air Congo. While approaching Douala Airport, seven minutes before the ETA, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Cameroon located 64 km west of the airport. As the airplane failed to arrive at Douala Airport, SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the airplane was found. The wreckage was found two years later in an isolated area. The pilot Lord Malcolm A. Douglas-Hume was accompanied with his son and wife. All three were killed in the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9Q-CXA, MSN AF-778, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.2180°, 9.1734°.