Date:	Wednesday 4 March 2009
Time:
Type:	Cessna 208 Caravan I
Owner/operator:	Air Serv Limited
Registration:	5X-ASI
MSN:	20800156
Year of manufacture:	1989
Total airframe hrs:	14616 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial, repaired
Category:	Accident
Location:	Maridi Airport -   South Sudan
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Maridi Airport (HSMD)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The pilot had to perform a forced landing shortly after take off from Maridi, Sudan, when it suffered engine failure. The airplane landed back on the runway before eventually coming to a stop off the end of the landing strip. Reports indicate that the wing struck a tree during the forced landing.

Cessna 208 Caravan landed safely despite engine failure in southern Sudan (ASL, 5-3-2009)

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