De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Apr 23, 1995 (1 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on April 23, 1995 near Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria with 1 fatality. Cause: Loss of control on landing...
- Date: April 23, 1995
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control on landing after a sudden wind change, with windshear suspected, while the aircraft was too high on approach.
A Bristow Twin Otter flying from Port Harcourt was too high on approach to Lagos in heavy rain and strong, shifting winds. The captain took over and steepened the approach, but a downdraft over the threshold made the aircraft strike the runway nose gear first. It bounced, left the runway and collided with a parked Nigerian Air Force Fokker F27, and both aircraft were destroyed.