- Date
- February 11, 2026, 06:38 local (06:38 UTC)
- Place
- Benin City, Nigeria
- Injuries
- 87 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- 5N-MJFBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA AVP-110, Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Boeing, GE Aerospace
- Case key
- 202427
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Powerplant sys/comp malf/failAll aircraft: 820 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- 5N-MJF
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (7GL)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34762
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Arik Air
- Registered owner
- Arik Air
- Departed
- DNMM · Ikeja, OF
- Destination
- DNPO · Port Harcourt, OF