ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo 5Y-MEG Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL)
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Wednesday 12 December 2007
Time:12:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC5 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo
Operator:Trident Aviation
Registration: 5Y-MEG
MSN: 62
First flight: 1975
Engines: 2 General Electric CT64-820-4
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Minor
Aircraft fate: unk
Location:Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL) (   Kenya)
Phase: Taxi (TXI)
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Lokichoggio Airport (LKG/HKLK), Kenya
Destination airport:Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW), Kenya
Narrative:
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan 5Y-SLA had arrived at Nairobi-Wilson (WIL) from Masai Mara. It was parked at the terminal ramp and the engine was shut down.
The pilot of a taxiing DHC-5 Buffalo lost control and ran into the right wing of the Cessna. A large part of the right hand wing of the Caravan was cut off and the Buffalo sustained damage to the no. 2 propeller. Only one person standing nearby suffered a slight cut from flying debris.

Classification:
Ground collision
Damaged on the ground

Sources:
» Six injured in aircraft accident (Daily Nation 12-12-2007)
» ICAO File : 07100330


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Distance from Lokichoggio Airport to Nairobi-Wilson Airport as the crow flies is 669 km (418 miles).

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.
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