ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319359
| Date: | Friday 16 August 2019 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 |
| Owner/operator: | SafariLink |
| Registration: | 5Y-SLM |
| MSN: | 506 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kichwa Tembo Airstrip -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW) |
| Kichwa Tembo Airstrip |
A SafariLink DHC-8-200 suffered a left-hand landing gear failure after striking several wildebeest on landing at the Kichwa Tembo Airstrip in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
The occupants were not injured; the aircraft sustained damage to the left-hand main gear and no.1 propeller. Two wildebeest were killed in the accident.
Sources:
nation.co.ke
kahawatungu.com
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