Léopoldville – Lagos – Cotonou – Brussels

On December 14, 1945 at 12:00 AM, Léopoldville – Lagos – Cotonou – Brussels experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, operated by SABENA - Société Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne, with the event recorded near Kouandé Atakira.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Cotonou, the crew encountered engine problems and elected to make an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a field located in Kouandé, west of Cotonou, and was destroyed by fire. All occupants were able to evacuate and were unhurt.

Aircraft reference details include registration OO-CAK, MSN 2340, year of manufacture 1943.