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| Date: | Saturday 8 March 2025 |
| Time: | c. 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Kenya School of Flying |
| Registration: | 5Y-BYQ |
| MSN: | 15281936 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Voi Airfield (HKVO), Voi, Taita Taveta -
 Kenya
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Malindi Airport (MYD/HKML) |
| Ikanga Airstrip | |
| Investigating agency: | AAID Kenya |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Cessna 152 crashed about 500m from the runway when aproachig Voi Airfield (HKGO), Voi, Taita Taveta.
The sole student pilot (20) perished and the aircraft was partly consumed by fire and destroyed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/taita-taveta/tragedy-as-pilot-student-dies-in-voi-plane-crash-4956688
https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/counties/581406-taita-taveta-2-killed-light-aircraft-crashes-bursts-flames/
https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/109742-two-feared-dead-light-aircraft-crashes-bursts-flames-voi
https://kenyaschoolofflying.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/JA0A8041-scaled.jpg (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex N67595 Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 April 2016 | 5Y-BYQ | Kenya School of Flying | 0 | Malindi Airport (MYD/HKML) | |
non |
| 18 November 2019 | 5Y-BYQ | Kenya School of Flying | 0 | Malindi Airport (MYD/HKML) | |
min |
Location
Media:
NEWS JUST IN:
— ???????101?? (@Ondanya101) March 8, 2025
A light aircraft with two onboard crashes and burst into flames killing them in Ikanga village, Voi, Taita Taveta, police say. pic.twitter.com/vcycAmMaIZ
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2025 14:41 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Mar-2025 15:43 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ] |
| 08-Mar-2025 16:30 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 03-Apr-2025 09:18 | ASN | Updated [Destination airport, Embed code, Accident report, ] |
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