1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash
British Overseas Airways Canadair C-4 Argonaut · Crashed on take-off following encounter with microburst
From Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN) to Tripoli International Airport (Idris Airport), Libya
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 32 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 45
- Survivors
- 13
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 4
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Canadair C-4 Argonaut
- Aircraft type
- Canadair C-4
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- G-ALHE
- Operator
- British Overseas Airways
- Onboard fatalities
- 32
- Route
- From Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN)To Tripoli International Airport (Idris Airport), Libya
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
On 24 June 1956, a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) four-engined Canadair C-4 Argonaut airliner crashed into a tree on departure from Kano Airport in Nigeria, three crew and 29 passengers were killed.
Crash
At 17:21 the Argonaut departed Runway 25 at Kano Airport on the way to Tripoli in Libya. The flight was from Lagos to London and had made a scheduled stop at Kano. It was raining as the aircraft reached 250 ft when the aircraft began to lose height. The pilot applied full power but the aircraft continued to descend until it hit a tree about 1+1/2 mi from the end of the runway. Three of the seven crew members and 29 of the 38 passengers were killed in the crash, two crew and two passengers were seriously injured.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
A team from the British Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and BOAC flew out from London on 25 June in a chartered Canadair Argonaut to help in the investigation. The Nigerian investigation team of four was led by the Director of Civil Aviation.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash
- Revision
- 1339305420 · 2026-02-19 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q4568652
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1956 Kano Airport BOAC Argonaut crash" (page 30740266, revision 1339305420)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an airline in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.