ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66757
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| Date: | Saturday 1 August 2009 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna U206G Stationair |
| Owner/operator: | Africa Inland Mission Air (AIM-Air) |
| Registration: | 5Y-LMB |
| MSN: | U20604205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km from Nairobi-Wilson Airport -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW) |
| Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAID Kenya |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Cessna U206G Stationair aircraft departed Wilson Airport for a commercial aerial photography of the vast Kibera Slums in Nairobi at 11:09 with four occupants. A pilot, an engineer seated next to him as
a passenger and two camera men, one in the middle and the other in the aft
rows respectively.
The aircraft took off from runway 14 and made a right climbing turn, overflew the threshold of runway 07 and set course for the Kibera slums.
After the filming exercise, the aircraft intended to go back and land at Wilson Airport. On the approach, the engine lost power. The aircraft hit an electric pole and crashed onto a residential flat in Highrise
Estate.
Probable Cause
The probable cause of the accident was fuel starvation. This could have been as a result of uncoordinated flight with fuel quantity at ¼ full or less which could have uncovered the fuel tank outlets causing fuel starvation and engine stoppage. The fuel capacity of each tank is (standard) is 42Gal.On commencing the flight the aircraft had a total of 30.7 Gal.11 .0 on the right and 19.7 on the
left tank.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2009 12:04 | harro | Added |
| 04-Aug-2009 05:23 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 10-Aug-2009 10:37 | Anon. | Updated |
| 30-Mar-2010 08:14 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 30-Mar-2010 08:20 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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