Narrative:
The aircraft suffered a loss of engine power on takeoff and crashed in a wet flood plain and overturned. Some injuries to the passengers on board, one of whom suffered a broken hip.
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Wednesday 6 January 2010 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Mack Air |
| Registration: | A2-AKG |
| MSN: | 208B0573 |
| First flight: | 1997 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Piajo Airstrip, Chief's Island, Okavango Delta ( Botswana)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Piajo Airstrip, Botswana |
| Maun Airport (MUB/FBMN), Botswana |
The aircraft suffered a loss of engine power on takeoff and crashed in a wet flood plain and overturned. Some injuries to the passengers on board, one of whom suffered a broken hip.
Sources:
» Five injured in aircraft crash (The Botswana Gazette, 10-1-2009)Photos
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