Accra - Takoradi

On April 24, 1969 at 12:00 AM, Accra - Takoradi experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Ghana Airways, with the event recorded near Takoradi Western.

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

33 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 32 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 3.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 30, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. On final approach to Takoradi Airport, both engines stopped simultaneously. The pilot-in-command elected to make an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed few km short of runway threshold. A passenger was killed while few other passengers were wounded, some of them seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9G-AAF, MSN 9407, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 4.8944°, -1.7530°.