Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 20 November 1969
Aircraft Type: Vickers VC10-1101
Owner/operator: Nigeria Airways
Registration Number: 5N-ABD
Location: 13 km N of Lagos/Ikeja International Airport (LOS) –
ÿ Nigeria
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 87 / Occupants: 87
Component Affected: Vickers VC10 aircraftVickers VC10 aircraft
Category: Accident
A Vickers VC10 aircraft crashed while on approach to Lagos/Ikeja Airport, Nigeria, resulting in the loss of all 87 occupants. The aircraft descended below the safe approach path and struck trees during a final approach. The probable cause was the Commander’s lack of awareness of the aircraft’s actual altitude during the final approach, leading to it descending below safe height.A Vickers VC10 aircraft crashed while on approach to Lagos/Ikeja Airport, Nigeria, resulting in the loss of all 87 occupants. The aircraft descended below the safe approach path and struck trees during a final approach. The probable cause was the Commander’s lack of awareness of the aircraft’s actual altitude during the final approach, leading to it descending below safe height.
Description
Nigeria Airways flight 925, a Vickers VC10, crashed while on approach to Lagos/Ikeja Airport, Nigeria, killing all 87 occupants. The Nigeria Airways VC10 was on a flight from London to Lagos with en route stops at Rome and Kano. On the last leg of the flight, the VC10 was making a straight in runway 19 approach to Lagos when it descended below the normal approach path and struck trees. The aircraft crashed and caught fire. PROBABLE CAUSE: Not established with certainty, but most probably due to the Commander being unaware of the aircrafts actual altitude during the final approach and allowing the aircraft to come below safe height when he was not in visual contact with the ground.
Primary Cause
Commander’s lack of awareness of the aircraft’s actual altitude during the final approach.Commander’s lack of awareness of the aircraft’s actual altitude during the final approach.Share on:
