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Accidents · NTSB WAS05WA012 · Preliminary: the investigation is not finished

Boeing 727-200 accident near Lagos, Ni, June 12, 2005

On June 12, 2005 at about 8:20 am local time, a Boeing 727-200, registered N5NBCF, was involved in an accident near Lagos. It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. No one was hurt; 155 people were on board or involved.

The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
June 12, 2005 · about 8:20 am local time · cases in 2005
Place
Lagos, Nicaragua
Type
Accident
Injuries
No one was hurt; 155 people were on board or involved.
Weather
not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 727-200 · all 727-200s on the register
Registration
N5NBCF · not in the FAA's current or past register files
Damage
Not recorded
Flight
Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules

The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

The aircraft

  • Landing gear: fixed

The flight

  • Departed from: Kaduna
  • Flight plan: not recorded

Weather at the time

  • Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)

Injuries

FatalSeriousMinorNone
Crew13
Passengers142

Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report

The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.

Connections how this case links to the rest of the register

Aircraft
  • Boeing 727 37 registered today · the model family and its accident history
  • Boeing 6,677 aircraft on the register

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/WAS05WA012.json.

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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.