Abuja - Kano

On March 2, 1978 at 12:43 PM, Abuja - Kano experienced a crash involving Fokker F28 Fellowship, operated by Nigeria Airways, with the event recorded near Kano Kano.

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.

16 people were known to be on board, 16 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Kano-Mallam Aminu Kano Airport, the crew was instructed to maintain FL65 as a Nigerian Air Force MiG-21 was performing touch-and-go maneuvers at the same airport. After the jet trainer completed its touch-and-go and was taking off, its crew was informed about the approach of the F28 which should land first on runway 05. On short final, both aircraft collided and crashed in flames about 2 km short of runway threshold. Both aircraft were destroyed and all 18 occupants were killed. The exact circumstances and causes of the in-flight collision are unclear.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5N-ANA, MSN 11993, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 11.9660°, 8.5762°.