Lagos - Abuja

On September 13, 1994 at 11:55 AM, Lagos - Abuja experienced a crash involving De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, operated by Aero Contractors, with the event recorded near Abuja Abuja Federal Capital Territory.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 60.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Abuja-Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds, heavy rain falls and moderate to severe turbulences. As the ILS was out of calibration, the crew decided to perform a VOR/DME approach but following a misunderstanding of the VOR location, the crew started the final approach prematurely. Too low, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 12,2 km short of runway 22. Two people survived while three others were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5N-ATQ, MSN 538, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 9.0805°, 7.4969°.