Date:	Thursday 18 January 1996
Time:
Type:	British Aerospace BAe-125-700B
Owner/operator:	Nigerian Government
Registration:	5N-AXO
MSN:	257196
Year of manufacture:	1984
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	7,3 km from Kano-Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN) -   Nigeria
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	SF
Departure airport:	Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM)
Destination airport:	Kano-Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN/DNKN)

Narrative:
The aircraft crashed short of the runway during a night-time approach.

CAUSE: A controlled flight into terrain caused by the failure to monitor the altimeters of the aircraft in a visual darkness.

Aircraft Illustrated 4/96
Flight International 4-10 June 1997 (42)
The Federal Ministry of Aviation Nigeria

photo (c) Pedro de la Cruz, via Werner Fischdick; Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI); October 1991

photo (c) Mario Fontes; Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH); July 1995

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