Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB-N), Nigeria was notified of the incident by the Nigeria Police on the 22nd October, 2018 and commenced investigation. Investigators were dispatched to the site on 6th November, 2018.
On 3rd October, 2018 at about 07:29 h, a Cessna Citation 560 XLS+ aircraft with nationality and registration marks 5N-HAR operated by the Nigeria Police (NP) was on a flight routing Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (DNAA) to Akure Airport, Akure (DNAK) via Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Airport, Bauchi (DNBC) and back to Abuja (DNAA). On board were six persons including of three crew members (Pilot, Co-pilot and Cabin Crew (CC)), and three passengers with fuel endurance of 4 hours 20 minutes. The Pilot was the Pilot Flying (PF) and the Co-pilot was the Pilot Monitoring (PM).
