| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 29, 1952 |
| Time: | 21:05 |
| Location: | Kosti, Sudan |
| Operator: | Phoenix Airlines |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Juba - Wadi Halfa |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-2-115B |
| Registration: | ZS-DFW |
| cn / ln: | 1322 |
| Aboard: | 4 (passengers:0 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Extremely bad weather forced the captain of the cargo plane to divert from his original destination. No proper preparation had been made for a possible landing at an alternate airfield prior to commencement of flight. The secondary cause was due to the Captain's attempt to execute a landing at Kosti aerodrome which was not equipped with night landing facilities. The Captain landed on the runway but was unable to align himself with the center line and in consequence ran off the runway and struck a steel windsock support and thereafter struck various obstructions such as trees which lay in the path. |
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