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| Date: | Thursday 25 July 2013 |
| Time: | 17:00+ LT |
| Type: |  Cessna U206F Stationair |
| Owner/operator: | on behalf of Yellow Wings Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | 5Y-BUG |
| MSN: | U206-02880 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Peak in Aberdares Range, Nairobi -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Laikipia |
| Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft, a Cessna U206F Stationair, impacted a peak west of the Aberdare National Park, Nairobi. The aircraft was reportedly destroyed and the three related occupants onboard received fatal injuries.
Weather may have been a factor in the accident.
3.2 Causes
The possible causes of the accident is failure to maintain terrain clearance that led to controlled flight into terrain:
Contributing factors:
- Improper licensing of pilot
- Pilot lacked inadequate experience and certification for type operation
- Pilot not qualified for type operation
- Operator improper approval of pilot
- Flight operational procedures including dispatch not followed
- Pilot operating in VFR while in IMC and not instrument rated
- A probable cause of the accident was failure to realize rising ground and aircraft corresponding power requirement to climb the mountain slope.
- Failure to maintain terrain clearance on mountain environment with reduced visual lookout led to controlled flight into terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://bazonline.ch/panorama/vermischtes/Drei-Schweizer-sterben-bei-Flugzeugabsturz-in-Kenia/story/29880873_
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2017/01/__trashed-1917/
https://www.nation.co.ke/News/Missing-plane-found-all-aboard-dead/-/1056/1928802/-/9xau0w/-/index.html
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1195366/
https://www.transport.go.ke/department/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&download=202:accident-report-cessna-206-5y-bug-25-july-2013&id=48:formal-reports&Itemid=546
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jul-2013 15:24 | Steinmann | Added |
| 28-Jul-2013 00:08 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Jul-2013 01:38 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, ] |
| 30-Jul-2013 04:44 | @kenyanaviator | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 13-Jun-2020 17:22 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jun-2020 17:23 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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