ADC Airlines Flight 086
ADC Airlines Flight 086 (ADK086) was a Nigerian domestic flight operated by ADC Airlines from Port Harcourt to Lagos. On the afternoon of 7 November 1996, the crew of the Boeing 727-200 operating the flight lost control of the aircraft while avoiding a mid-air collision on approach; the aircraft crashed inverted at a very high speed into a lagoon, killing all 144 passengers and crew on board. The crash remains as the fourth worst plane crash in Nigerian history.
A Boeing 727 of ADC Airlines, similar to the one involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 7 November 1996 |
| Summary | ATC error, and pilot error after TCAS warning |
| Site | Lagos Lagoon, Epe, Lagos State 06°37′08″N 03°49′33″E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727–231 |
| Operator | ADC Airlines |
| Call sign | ADKO 86 |
| Registration | 5N-BBG |
| Flight origin | Port Harcourt Airport, Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
| Destination | Lagos Airport, Lagos, Nigeria |
| Occupants | 144 |
| Passengers | 134 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 144 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Investigators determined that the primary cause of the accident was due to air traffic control error, the pilot's decision to continue his turn to a certain heading and his erroneous maneuver in evading from an incoming traffic, which ultimately led to the loss of control of the aircraft.