Cotonou - Uli

On May 7, 1969 at 09:52 PM, Cotonou - Uli experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-6, operated by Balair - Switzerland, with the event recorded near Uli Anambra.

The flight was categorized as humanitarian and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley 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 listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a humanitarian flight from Cotonou to Uli on behalf of the Red Cross International Comity, carrying a load of 10 tons of food. On final approach from the north by night, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions when the four engine aircraft struck the ground and crashed some 10 km north of Uli Airstrip, near the village of Ihiala. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and all four crew members were killed. Crew: Karl Eric Baltze, pilot, Hellmut Scharck, copilot, Carl Goesta Sternhag, flight engineer, Bo Valentin Almgren, loadmaster.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-IBT, MSN 45532/1025, year of manufacture 1958.

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