ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321866
| Date: | Wednesday 26 September 2007 |
| Time: | 07:37 |
| Type: |  Reims Cessna F406 Caravan II |
| Owner/operator: | Fugro Airborne Surveys |
| Registration: | ZS-SSD |
| MSN: | F406-0027 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-112 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Entebbe Airport (EBB) -
 Uganda
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Entebbe Airport (EBB/HUEN) |
| Masindi Airport (KCU/HUMI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Collided with the ground shortly after takeoff from runway 17; pilot and technician fatally injured.
Investigators found that the rudder trim was set to the full left at the time of the accident as opposed to the normal (central) take off setting.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "In-flight loss of control due to loss of airspeed and subsequent stall of the aircraft at low altitude".
Sources:
NTSB
Uganda: Entebbe Plane Disaster Blamed On Human Error (The Monitor, 15-2-2008)
Location
Images:
photo (c) aeroprints.com; Rantoul, KS; 30 April 2013; (CC:by-sa)
photo (c) Harro Ranter / ASN; Rotterdam Airport (RTM/EHRD); 28 May 1994
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