| Date: | Thursday 27 January 2011 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 500CRF |
| Owner/operator: | Fly540 |
| Registration: | 5X-FFD |
| MSN: | 10530 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 532-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL) -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW) |
| Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Fokker F-27 cargo plane sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL), Kenya. All four crew members sustained minor injuries.
The aircraft was conducting a post-maintenance test flight when the crew aborted the takeoff from runway 07. The aircraft overran the runway, went through the perimeter fence, collapsed the nose wheel, and ended up in a maize field.
The accident occurred during the second takeoff attempt after the first attempt was aborted.
Sources:
Fly 540 plane crash-lands in maize field (Daily Nation 27-1-2011)
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