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| Date: | Tuesday 26 March 2024 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker 70 |
| Owner/operator: | Renegade Air |
| Registration: | 5Y-MMB |
| MSN: | 11559 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Tay 620 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW) -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO/HKJK) |
| Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAID Kenya |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During landing at Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW), Kenya, the Fokker 70 veered off the runway and came to a stop with its nose wheel in the grass. The three occupants were unharmed.
After landing on Runway 07 at Wilson Airport (HKNW), the crew intended to turn the aircraft 180 degrees and then taxi
to a taxiway. While turning, the Fokker 70 left the runway and came to a standstill with its nose wheel in the grass. The three occupants were unharmed. The width of the runway (24 metres) was sufficient to perform the planned manoeuvre; for the Fokker 70, the minimum required width for this is 18.87 metres.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/99006-what-happened-plane-stuck-mud-wilson-airport-insider
https://onderzoeksraad.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Quarterly-Aviation-Report-Q4-2024.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Airport
https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/fokker-70-5y-mmb-salaam-air-express/en4z42?refresh=1
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/5y-mmb
https://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-f100-11559.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 January 2004 | OE-LFO | Austrian Airlines | 0 | 4,5 km from München-Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC) |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2024 14:48 | aus | Added |
| 26-Mar-2024 14:48 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Mar-2024 14:53 | ASN | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Mar-2024 14:58 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 22-Aug-2024 18:56 | ASN | Updated [Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2025 07:56 | ASN | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2025 12:06 | ASN | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Accident report, ] |
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