A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Mushshak trainer aircraft has crashed in Kaduna after a routine training flight.

The incident which occurred on Thursday, according to the Spokesman of the force Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet,   was  a minor mishap  which occurred at about 3.5 nautical miles from Kaduna Military airfield and  involved two pilots who were returning from a routine training flight.

AVM Gabkwet said the pilot were lucky to have  come out of the crash unscathed.

He said that the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has since directed for preliminary investigation to ascertain the immediate cause of the crash.

In 2022, a  Super Mushshak belonging to the NAF had crashed in Kaduna, killing both pilots – an instructor and a trainee pilot.

The aircraft in the 2022 incident was carrying out a training flight from the Nigerian Air Force’s 401 Flight Training School at Kaduna when it went down.

The PAC Super Mushshak is an aerobatic trainer with an all-new digital glass cockpit. Nigeria signed a contract for ten Super Mushshaks on 21 October with PAC Kamra.

The Nigerian Air Force received its first four Super Mushshak trainer aircraft from Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) on 5 December 2016. Nigeria signed a contract for ten Super Mushshaks on 21 October with PAC Kamra. The four new Super Mushshak came at no cost to the Nigerian Government.

Nigeria’s version comes with improvements like a glass cockpit and improved air conditioning.

On 14 January 2018, the NAF took delivery of the final batch of five Super Mushshak trainer aircraft from Pakistan Aeronautic Complex (PAC).

The Super Mushsak can be utilized for a variety of roles such as light transport, Armed Reconnaissance, Close Air Support (CAS) and Ab initio training.  At the time, the Nigerian Air Force’s 401 Flight Training School at Kaduna was expanded to accommodate the Super Mushsak, the flight training school had previously been flying the Dana Air Beetle (based on a Vans RV-series design) since 1995.

In May 2017, the Nigerian Air Force graduated its first Super Mushshak instructors, allowing Nigerian pilots to now fly and train ab initio students.