ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-130H Hercules NAF911 Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS)
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Date:Saturday 26 September 1992
Time:17:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic C130 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed C-130H Hercules
Operator:Nigerian Air Force - NAF
Registration: NAF911
MSN: 4624
First flight: 1975
Crew:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:Fatalities: 151 / Occupants: 151
Total:Fatalities: 159 / Occupants: 159
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:ca 7 km SSW of Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) (   Nigeria)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM), Nigeria
Destination airport:Kaduna Airport (KAD/DNKA), Nigeria
Narrative:
A Lockheed C-130H Hercules transport plane, serial NAF911, was destroyed when it crashed near Lagos, Nigeria. All aboard were killed.
The C-130H operated on a personnel flight from Lagos to Kaduna and Jos, Nigeria. All passengers were middle ranking officers who had been in Lagos on a Naval tour as part of the senior division course.
The flight took off about 17:30. Immediately after takeoff one engine failed, followed by a second engine shortly afterwards. The crew tried to ditch the fully-laden plane in the Ejigbo canal, but then a third engine failed as well. The Hercules crashed nose-down into a tropical mangrove swamp.
There was no manifest, making estimates of precisely how many were onboard difficult. It was said that 168 students had been in Lagos. Because the flight was delayed for two days some had made other plans to fly home. Some reports claim there were 163 on board, others 174 or even 200 including some unidentified civilians, and possible military personnel who hitched a ride.
In any case, a total 151 Nigerians, 5 Ghanaians, 1 Tanzanian, 1 Zimbabwean, and 1 Ugandan military officers were confirmed to have died.

Classification:

Loss of control

Sources:
» The Crash of NAF 911 on September 26, 1992 / By Nowa Omoigu
» The Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules Air Crash of 1992 / By Abiyamo


Photos

photo of Lockheed-C-130H-Hercules -NAF911
accident date: 26-09-1992
type: Lockheed C-130H Hercules 
registration: NAF911
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport to Kaduna Airport as the crow flies is 632 km (395 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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