Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 27 JAN 2011 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 500CRF |
| Operator: | Fly540 |
| Registration: | 5X-FFD |
| C/n / msn: | 10530 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 532-7 Dart |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL) (Kenya)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW), Kenya |
| Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW), Kenya |
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.
Events:
Sources:
» Fly 540 plane crash-lands in maize field (Daily Nation 27-1-2011)
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Distance from Nairobi-Wilson Airport to Nairobi-Wilson Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Nairobi-Wilson Airport to Nairobi-Wilson Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
