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| Date: | Friday 24 March 2023 |
| Time: | c. 09:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 5Y-AZA |
| MSN: | 25-2486 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Gilgil, Nakuru County -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A juvenile stole a Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee and tried to fly away with it.
The airplane crashed into a fence and the occupant was not injured.
Sources:
https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/nakuru/boy-crashes-into-electric-fence-fly-tycoon-s-plane-4171638
https://biznakenya.com/gilgil-stealing-plane/
History of this aircraft
Ex G-ASJK Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 May 2008 | 5Y-AZA | Ndakaini Farm Limited | 0 | Nampaso Airstrip, Narok District | |
sub |
Media:
Gilgil boy crashes into electric fence while trying to fly tycoon’s plane https://t.co/8AtI3Hdy01 pic.twitter.com/hyB67Qyp1D
— Nation Africa (@NationAfrica) March 24, 2023
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