29 OCT 2006 Boeing 737-200 5N-BFK ADC Airlines, at Abuja, Nigeria ca. 98(104)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ASN ACCIDENT DIGEST 2006-20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Status: Preliminary
Date: 29 OCT 2006
Type: Boeing 737-2B7
Operator: ADC Airlines
Registration: 5N-BFK
C/n / Msn: 22891/988
First flight: 27 SEP 1983
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15A (HK3/NOR)
Total:Fatalities: 98 / Occupants: 104
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: near Abuja International Airport (ABV) ( Nigeria )
Phase: Initial climb
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Abuja International Airport (ABV/DNAA), Nigeria
Destination airport: Sokoto Airport (SKO/DNSO), Nigeria
Flightnumber: 53
ADC Airlines Flight 53 departed Lagos (LOS) on a scheduled domestic flight to Sokoto (SKO) with an intermediate stop at Abuja (ABV). Immediately after takeoff from Abuja, the Boeing 737 contacted the ground, broke up and caught fire in a corn field. There are conflicting reports about the number of survivors (none or up to six survivors). Abuja has a single asphalt runway (04/22) measuring 3609 x 60 meters.
The Abuja weather reported at the day of the accident included:
DNAA 290800Z 00000KT CAVOK 27/24 Q1012 NOSIG=
DNAA 291000Z 27006KT 9999 BKN012 30/24 Q1011 NOSIG=
DNAA 291300Z 00000KT 9999 FEW010 FEW020CB BKN100 25/22 Q1009 NOSIG=
DNAA 291400Z 00000KT 9999 FEW010 FEW020CB BKN100 26/23 Q1008 TEMPO 06022G35KT 5000 TS=

Sources:
Reuters
--------------------------------------------
AIRCRAFT PROFILE BOEING 737-200
* Last fatal 737-200 hull-loss accident : 22 OCT 2005 Bellview Airlines 5N-BFN, near Lisa- 117 fatalities
* Total number of Boeing 737 hull-losses: 128 (117 accidents, 4 hijackings, 7 other occurrences (sabotage, ground fire etc.)), of which 66 losses were fatal
* Total number of Boeing 737-200 hull-losses: 101 (90 accidents, 4 hijackings, 7 other occurrences (sabotage, ground fire etc.)), of which 53 losses were fatal
* 20th worst 737 accident
* 14th worst 737-200 accident
* Survival rate for all fatal B737-200 accidents: on average 33,4% of all occupants survived fatal accidents
* history of this airplane:
- N323AU USAir (OCT 1983, delivered)
- N279AU USAir (NOV 1988, new registration)
- N279AU US Airways (1996, company renamed)
- N279AU MetroJet (1998, low cost subsidiary of US Airways)
- 5N-BFK ADC Airlines (SEP 2003)
--------------------------------------------
AIRPORT PROFILE ABUJA
* ICAO/IATA designators: DNAA/ ABV
* Latitude: 09° 00' 24.45" N / 007° 15' 47.42" E
* Elevation: 1123 ft/ 342 m
* Runway: 04/22 (3609 x 60 meters, asphalt, ILS)
* Current Stord NOTAMS:
https://www.notams.jcs.mil/distribution/query.html?locid=&textType=report&locidl
=DNAA
--------------------------------------------
OPERATOR PROFILE ADC AIRLINES
Nigerian airline based at Lagos, operating a fleet of 4 Boeing 737-200
* started operations: 1991
* web site: http://www.adcairlines.com
* Fifth airliner hull-loss accident
--------------------------------------------
COUNTRY PROFILE NIGERIA
* Last fatal civil hull-loss accident: 10 DEC 2005 Sosoliso Airlines DC-9, at Port Harcourt- 108 fatalities
* 7th worst hull loss accident in Nigeria
* The country is not yet rated in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)