Reports suggest it was a Ukrainian or Russian turboprop Antonov plane.
It crashed in heavy rain and the wreckage was swept back towards the shore near Port-Bouët.
At least four people were killed, a witness told Reuters news agency.
Rescue workers have removed two bodies from the plane while a further two could be seen in the wreckage, the agency says.
Other reports suggest that several members of the crew survived.
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