- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 03, 2013
Time: 0932
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Operator: Associated Aviation
Flight #: 361
Route: Lagos - Akure
AC Type: Embraer 120RT Brasilia
Registration: 5N-BJY
cn / ln: 120174 
Aboard: 20   (passengers:13  crew:7)
Fatalities: 16   (passengers:11  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: The chartered plane crashed minutes after taking off from Murtala Muhammad International Airport.The aircraft lost height, after departing runwal 18L, impacted trees, a brick wall and caught fire. The decision of the crew to continue the take-off despite the abnormal No. 2 Propeller rpm indication. Low altitude stall as a result of low thrust at start of roll for take-off from No. 2 engine caused by an undetermined malfunction of the propeller control unit.
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