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| Date: | Sunday 17 December 2023 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Government of Kenya |
| Registration: | 5Y-GOK |
| MSN: | 208B2278 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2011 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kiunga Airstrip (KIU) -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Kiunga Airstrip (KIU) |
| Nairobi | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 5Y-GOK, hit electricity wires and crashed in a coconut palm plantation after takeoff from
Kiunga Airstrip, Kenya. The aircraft caught fire, but all occupants escaped.
The aircraft had just dropped off ten top performing students from an educational trip to Nairobi, and was returning with seven military officers and one police officer.
Sources:
https://www.citizen.digital/news/10-injured-after-aircraft-crashes-bursts-into-flames-in-lamu-n333346
https://atcnews.org/kenya-lucky-escape-for-all-10-on-board-as-aircraft-crashes-in-lamu-district
https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/lamu/aircraft-crashes-lamu-after-dropping-kcpe-top-performers-4467074
Location
Media:
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 5Y-GOK, hit electricity wires and crashed in a coconut palm plantation after takeoff from Kiunga Airstrip, Kenya. The aircraft caught fire, but all 10 occupants escaped.https://t.co/kDJ9jhCsCLpic.twitter.com/6qVgC0pnaa
— Aviation Safety Network (ASN) (@AviationSafety) December 17, 2023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2023 16:39 | RonKC | Added |
| 17-Dec-2023 16:40 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Dec-2023 17:35 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 17-Dec-2023 17:58 | harro | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 17-Dec-2023 18:04 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Embed code, ] |
| 17-Dec-2023 18:07 | harro | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Feb-2025 10:22 | ASN | Updated |
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