Douglas C-54 Skymaster crash, Sep 28, 1968 (58 killed), P...
Douglas C-54 Skymaster accident on September 28, 1968 near Port Harcourt Rivers, Nigeria with 58 fatalities.
- Date: September 28, 1968
- Aircraft: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Location: Port Harcourt Rivers, Nigeria
- Fatalities: 58
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Pan African Airlines Douglas C 54 on a charter flight from Lagos to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, struck trees on a night approach to Port Harcourt Airport. The aircraft stalled and crashed in flames into houses short of the runway, and its ammunition cargo exploded afterward. All 57 occupants and one person on the ground were killed.