Ilorin - Ilorin

On April 29, 1992 at 12:00 AM, Ilorin - Ilorin experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by GAS Air Cargo - General %26 Aviation Services, with the event recorded near Ilorin Kwara.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training flight at Ilorin Airport, consisting of touch-and-go maneuvers. On final approach, during the last segment, the copilot inadvertently raised the landing gear. The aircraft landed on its belly, slid for few hundred metres and came to rest with both engines n°2 and 3 partially torn off. All three crew members escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration 9G-RBO, MSN 18746, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 8.5108°, 4.5947°.