San Pedro - Abidjan

On June 26, 1994 at 07:41 PM, San Pedro - Abidjan experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Air Ivoire, with the event recorded near Abidjan Lagunes.

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.

17 people were known to be on board, 17 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Abidjan-Félix Houphouët-Boigny Airport runway 21 by night, the captain reported runway in sight and was instructed by ATC to report on final. Few seconds later, the aircraft nosed down, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed 4 km short of runway, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed and all 17 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TU-TIP, MSN 10577, year of manufacture 1978.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 5.6756°, -4.5697°.