São Tomé – Uli

On December 7, 1968 at 12:00 AM, São Tomé – Uli experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-7, operated by North American Aircraft Trading, with the event recorded near Uli Anambra.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a cargo flight from São Tomé to Uli on behalf of Caritas. On final approach, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances few km short of runway and was destroyed. All four occupants were killed. It is believed that one of the engine was inoperative at the time of the accident for unknown reason.

Aircraft reference details include registration VR-BCY, MSN 45545, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 5.7833°, 6.8667°.