Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Montag 24 Juli 1978 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2 |
Fluggesellschaft: | Amphibians |
Kennzeichen: | 5Y-CMC |
Werknummer: | 1032 |
Baujahr: | 1976 |
Triebwerk: | 3 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 1 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 10 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 11 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | Nyeri Hills ( Kenia)
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Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
Betriebsart: | Inländischer außerplanmäßiger Passagierflug |
Flug von: | Samburu Airport (UAS/HKSB), Kenia |
Flug nach: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW), Kenia |
Unfallbericht:The aircraft departed Samburu at 08:30 for a 50-minute flight to Nairobi and climbed to an altitude 8500 feet.
Along the route there was a heavy build up of stratus clouds with scattered cumulonimbus sprouting out of the top. The clouds seemed to extend from 2 000 feet up to 11 000 feet and more and the pilot decided to fly below the clouds and continue VFR. He then realized that the weather was deteriorating very rapidly and within the next minute or two the visibility had been reduced to a few yards. Realizing the proximity to the ground, the pilot applied full power and initiated a climb. A hill appeared ahead and the aircraft crashed into the trees in a nose-up attitude.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The probable cause of this accident was that the pilot flew VFR in IMC weather at a very low altitude, thereby flying blindly into a hill."
Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Circular 166-AN/105 (95-100)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Samburu Airport to Nairobi-Wilson Airport as the crow flies is 220 km (138 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.