Date:	Thursday 7 August 2025
Time:	c. 14:20 LT
Type:	Cessna 560XL Citation XLS
Owner/operator:	African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
Registration:	5Y-FDM
MSN:	560-5674
Year of manufacture:	2007
Total airframe hrs:	8622 hours
Cycles:	5222 flights
Engine model:	PWC PW545B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mwihoko, Githurai 45 area, Kiambu County -   Kenya
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ambulance
Departure airport:	Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW)
Destination airport:	Hargeisa Airport (HGA/HCMH)
Investigating agency:	AAID Kenya
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
An AMREF Cessna 560XL Citation XLS crashed in a residential area in Mwihoko, Githurai 45 area, Kiambu County.
All four occupants died in the crash, as well as two persons on the ground and the aircraft was destroyed.

The flight took off from runway 14 at Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL), Kenya at 14:12 LT (11:12 UTC) on a medevac flight to Harheisa, Somalia.
The last radar contact showing the aircraft in climb was at 14:17:36 at an altitude of 11,900ft, ground speed of 251 knots, 042 heading and a positive rate of climb of 2,400 ft per minute.
The aircraft then entered a high rate of descent. CCTV footage showed the aircraft spinning to the right, with smoke emanating from its right side until it impacted terrain about 22 km northeast of the airport.

HKNW 071100Z 00000KT 9999 BKN026 25/13 Q1021

https://citizen.digital/news/two-killed-others-injured-as-amref-aircraft-crashes-in-mwihoko-kiambu-county-n367602
https://www.tuko.co.ke/kenya/counties/598838-nairobi-military-chopper-crashes-mwihoko/
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-08-07-crashed-light-aircraft-was-headed-for-somalia

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Aug-2025 12:52	gerard57	Added
07-Aug-2025 12:56	gerard57	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ]
07-Aug-2025 13:27	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ]
07-Aug-2025 13:29	gerard57	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
07-Aug-2025 13:30	gerard57	Updated [Nature, Plane category, ]
07-Aug-2025 14:01	gerard57	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
07-Aug-2025 15:03	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ]
07-Aug-2025 15:04	ASN	Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, ]
07-Aug-2025 15:06	ASN	Updated [Narrative, ]
07-Aug-2025 15:11	ASN	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ]
07-Aug-2025 16:05	ASN	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
07-Aug-2025 16:09	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Category, ]
07-Aug-2025 16:35	ASN	Updated [Source, Narrative, Category, ]
07-Aug-2025 17:13	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
08-Aug-2025 07:43	johnwg	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
16-Aug-2025 07:04	greekgeek	Updated [Embed code, ]
18-Sep-2025 07:42	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]
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