ASN Aircraft accident Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3) 5Y-DCA Nairobi International Airport (NBO)
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Tuesday 6 April 1971
Time:16:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3)
Operator:Kenya Department of Civil Aviation
Registration: 5Y-DCA
MSN: 26733/15288
First flight: 1944
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Nairobi International Airport (NBO) (   Kenya)
Phase: Taxi (TXI)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Nairobi International Airport (NBO/HKNA), Kenya
Destination airport:Nairobi International Airport (NBO/HKNA), Kenya
Narrative:
Following a flight handling test and landing the pilots exchanged positions. The aircraft was being taxied back along a taxiway for a further take-off when it swung off the taxiway into a storm drain.

Probable Cause:

Probable cause: the aircraft was, during a taxiing operation, subjected to a crosswind factor which caused the aircraft to swing, and before corrective action was effected the aircraft ran into a storm drain.

Classification:
Taxiway excursion

Sources:
» Kenya Gazette 23 Apr 1971
» ICAO Adrep


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photo of Douglas-R4D-6-5Y-DCA
accident date: 06-04-1971
type: Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3)
registration: 5Y-DCA
 

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