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Crash of a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain near Takoradi: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 13, 1978
Type of aircraft:
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
Operator:
Registration:
TR-LTQ
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
31-7405480
YOM:
1974
Location:
Takoradi
Western
Country:
Ghana
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed Port Gentil, Gabon, on a charter flight to the Ivory Coast, carrying three passengers and a pilot. En route, it crashed in unknown circumstances in a wooded area located west of Takoradi, near the border between Ghana and Ivory Coast. All four occupants were killed.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-25-DL in Takoradi: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 24, 1969
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
9G-AAF
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Accra - Takoradi
MSN:
9407
YOM:
1943
Location:
Takoradi
Western
Country:
Ghana
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
30
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
On final approach to Takoradi Airport, both engines stopped simultaneously. The pilot-in-command elected to make an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed few km short of runway threshold. A passenger was killed while few other passengers were wounded, some of them seriously.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the engine failure remain unclear but the assumption that it was caused by a fuel exhaustion or by a contaminated fuel was not ruled out.

Crash of a Douglas C-47B-30-DK Dakota IV in Takoradi

Date & Time: Jan 29, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
KN496
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
16271/33019
YOM:
1945
Location:
Takoradi
Western
Country:
Ghana
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The approach to Takoradi was completed in low visibility due to poor weather conditions. On final, the aircraft hit a hut with its undercarriage and few seconds later, on touchdown, the undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft slid on its belly for several yards before coming to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.
Probable cause:
Too low approach.

Crash of a Douglas C-53-DO off Half Assini

Date & Time: May 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3)
Operator:
Registration:
42-47374
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
7316
YOM:
1942
Location:
Half Assini
Western
Country:
Ghana
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 2,5 km off Half Assini. Crew fate remains unknown.
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