Skypower Express Airways (SEA) final-report accident SEA/2019/11/19/F
The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) was notified of the occurrence by the operator on the 2nd December, 2019.
On 19th November, 2019, at about 08:45 h, a Cessna 172P (C-172P) aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-APE operated by Skypower Express Airways (SEA) Nigeria Limited, departed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (DNAA) for Bida, Niger state; Nigeria on a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flight plan, with two (2) persons on board (the Pilot and an equipment operator) and fuel endurance of six hours. The flight was meant for a Georadiometric Aerial Survey around Bida Basin. It was a scheduled six lines operations which will last for 30 minutes each.