# NTSB UNK69X0149: Boeing C-97, N52676, Nigeria, Nicaragua, September 26, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 26, 1969
- Place: Nigeria, Nicaragua · NIGERIA, Nigeria
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 148009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK69X0149
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK69X0149

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0037  69/9/26    NIGERIA,AFRICA      BOEING C-97         CR-  5  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1840                    N52676              PX-  0  0  0  OTHER                     UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ULI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAO TUME                    NIGERIA,AFRICA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N52676](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52676-1973-04-01), registration cancelled 1973-04-01, S/N 52-2676 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING C-97
- Registry model: [Boeing C-97-G](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-c-97-g) (registry code 1381606) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Uli

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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