Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 15 NOV 2009 |
| Time: | 06:58 |
| Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operating for: | Air Nave |
| Leased from: | Aviation at Work |
| Registration: | ZS-OTU |
| C/n / msn: | 208B-0513 |
| First flight: | 1996 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 1 km S of Windhoek-Eros Airport (ERS) (Namibia)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Windhoek-Eros Airport (ERS/FYWH), Namibia |
| Ngiva Airport (NGV/FNGI), Angola |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan turboprop plane, ZS-OTU, operating on a flight for Air Nave, was destroyed when it struck terrain shortly after takeoff from Windhoek-Eros Airport (ERS), Namibia. The pilot and two passengers were killed in the accident; one passenger survived.
The aircraft was carrying a cargo that included paint, building materials and foodstuff on a flight to Ngiva, Huambo and Luanda. The airplane failed to gain sufficient height after takeoff. It turned right, descended until it struck terrain and ploughed into some bushes. An eyewitness at the scene reported that the flaps of the Cessna seemed to be up.
Sources:
» Vliegongeluk by Windhoek (Republikein, 15-11-2009)
» Vliegramp eis drie (Republikein, 16-11-2009)
» Three die in city plane crash: Plummets to earth south of Eros Airport (The Namibian, 16-11-2009)
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Map
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 Windhoek-Eros Airport (ERS/FYWH) to Ngiva Airport (NGV/FNGI) as the crow flies is 634 km (396 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.
Distance from Windhoek-Eros Airport (ERS/FYWH) to Ngiva Airport (NGV/FNGI) as the crow flies is 634 km (396 miles).
