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| Date: | Thursday 26 December 1991 |
| Time: | 11:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Eagle Aviation |
| Registration: | 5Y-SRV |
| MSN: | 31-7300902 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Musiara, Masai Mara Game Reserve -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Mombasa, Kenya |
| Kichwa Tembo Hotel airstrip, Musiara | |
| Investigating agency: | AAID Kenya |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A DC3 had suffered a collapsed landing gear at the Musiara landing strip, in the Masai Mara Game Reserve, and had over-run. The PA-31-350 flew over the site, which was not its destination, probably to show the passengers the accident. At about 250 feet, and at a fairly high cruise speed, it struck a White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus, weighing about 5.4 kg). The aircraft oscillated, banked and pitched down uncontrollably crashing and burning just beyond the end of the runway, killing all nine occupants (pilot and eight passengers).
Witnesses has seen a black object fall from the aircraft; these were found to be a vulture and part of the windshield. The autopsy on the pilot revealed pre-impact spinal injuries, which suggests that the vulture and/or the windshield struck the pilot at high speed shortly before the crash, resulting in pilot incapacitation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. International Bird Strike Committee
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jan-2010 22:45 | Topaz | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Apr-2015 17:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Sep-2017 18:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2017 23:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 04-Mar-2018 14:58 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 20-Mar-2025 13:23 | ASN | Updated [Time, Source, Accident report, ] |
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