Douglas DC-9 crash, Aug 18, 1994, Monrovia-James Spriggs...
Douglas DC-9 accident on August 18, 1994 near Monrovia-James Spriggs Payne, Montserrado, Liberia with no fatalities. Cause: Wrong approach...
- Date: August 18, 1994
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
- Location: Monrovia-James Spriggs Payne, Montserrado, Liberia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Wrong approach configuration with excessive speed, a wet runway surface, and the failure to initiate a go-around.
An ADC Airlines DC-9-31 on a scheduled service from Banjul to Lagos landed long at Monrovia in heavy rain after an approach flown too fast and too high. On the wet runway it could not stop, overran at about 80 knots and burst into flames. All 85 occupants were rescued, with a few slightly injured, and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.