Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 7 December 1968
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-7C
Owner/operator: North American Aircraft Trading
Registration Number: VR-BCY
Location: Uli Airstrip –
ÿ Nigeria
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Aircraft engineAircraft engine
Category: Accident
A single-engine approach failure occurred at Uli Airstrip during a relief flight for Caritas, resulting in an aircraft crash.A single-engine approach failure occurred at Uli Airstrip during a relief flight for Caritas, resulting in an aircraft crash.
Description
Crashed during a single engine approach to Uli Airstrip during relief flight for Caritas. The aircraft was part of the Biafran Airlift, which was an international humanitarian relief effort that transported food and medicine to Biafra during the 1967-70 secession war from Nigeria.
Primary Cause
Single engine failure during a single-engine approach.Single engine failure during a single-engine approach.Share on:
