# NTSB ENG25WA049: Embraer EMB145, Sokoto, Nigeria, June 29, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: June 29, 2025, 13:33 local (12:33 UTC)
- Place: Sokoto, Nigeria · IFSD during cruise, continued to DNSO
- Coordinates: 12.918177, 5.209354 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=12.9182&lon=5.2094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200661
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG25WA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200661/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG25WA049

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Engine (turbine/turboprop): turbine section](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057250): Aircraft › Aircraft power plant · Failure (probable cause)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 5N-BZY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB145 (LR)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 628
- Year built: 2002
- Engines: Rolls Royce- United States AE3007A1 7580 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Africa World Airlines

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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