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| Date: | Saturday 21 October 2017 |
| Time: | 07:45 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus Helicopters H125 (AS 350B3) |
| Owner/operator: | Flex Air Charters |
| Registration: | 5Y-NMJ |
| MSN: | 8231 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Nakuru -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Nakuru |
| Mau Narok | |
| Investigating agency: | AAID Kenya |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A helicopter crashed into Lake Nakuru, shortly after departure from a hotel at Nakuru, Kenya.
There were no survivors.
Wreckage of the aircraft was recovered from the lake the 17 Nov 2017.
It was established that the pilot-in-command was not fit to fly since the toxicological results indicated he used alcohol. The level of alcohol concentration was excess the required limit of 0.04 per cent.
Probable Cause
The investigation findings revealed that the accident was attributed to collision with the water due to loss of situation awareness by the pilot who was under the influence of alcohol. The pilot failed to recognize the loss of altitude, excessive banking to the left, and the obstacle proximity from the aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001257984/chopper-crashes-into-lake-nakuru-shortly-after-takeoff-from-a-hotel
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Helicopter-crashes-in-Lake-Nakuru/1056-4149230-eif5uq/index.html
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Divers-find-clothes-of-helicopter-crash-victim/1056-4173696-5sthu9/index.html
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001260483/divers-recover-wreckage-of-ill-fated-chopper-at-lake-nakuru
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001350173/lake-nakuru-chopper-crash-pilot-was-drunk
Location
Media:
Debris from the Lake Nakuru Plane crash washed up in several parts of the lake. pic.twitter.com/5rdWhUOaWf
— K24 TV (@K24Tv) 22 octobre 2017
Update on Lake Nakuru plane crash. No survivors reported. SAD! pic.twitter.com/wX5VDVX30w
— Prince Victor Yoya™ (@Prince_Victer) 21 oktober 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2017 13:48 | whteshark | Added |
| 21-Oct-2017 13:51 | harro | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Oct-2017 13:55 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, ] |
| 22-Oct-2017 08:53 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 22-Oct-2017 15:39 | whiteshark | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 22-Oct-2017 16:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 22-Oct-2017 18:47 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 05-Nov-2017 12:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 21-Nov-2017 00:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Nov-2019 07:54 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2020 20:34 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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