ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 500CRF 5X-FFD Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL)
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Thursday 27 January 2011
Time:13:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic F27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Fokker F-27 Friendship 500CRF
Operator:Fly540
Registration: 5X-FFD
MSN: 10530
First flight: 1976
Engines: 2 Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL) (   Kenya)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW), Kenya
Destination airport:Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW), Kenya
Narrative:
A Fokker F-27 cargo plane sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL), Kenya. All four crew members sustained minor injuries.
The aircraft was conducting a post-maintenance test flight when the crew aborted the takeoff from runway 07. The aircraft overran the runway, went through the perimeter fence, collapsed the nose wheel, and ended up in a maize field.
The accident occurred during the second takeoff attempt after the first attempt was aborted.

Classification:
Rejected takeoff
Runway excursion (overrun)

Sources:
» Fly 540 plane crash-lands in maize field (Daily Nation 27-1-2011)


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