Cessna U206 5Y-LMB

Summary

On 1 August 2009 at about 11:30 local time, a Cessna U206 registered 5Y-LMB, operated by African Inland Mission, was involved in an accident near Nairobi, Kenya. 4 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 August 2009 at 11:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Coordinates

-1.3217, 36.8147

Aircraft

Cessna U206

Registration

5Y-LMB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

African Inland Mission

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nairobi → Nairobi

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA09WA070

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 1, 2009, about 1130 UTC, 5Y-LMB, Cessna U206, owned and operated by the African Inland Mission, collided with the ground at Nairobi, Kenya. The airplane was conducting low flight while the passengers were filming the underlying area. During the accident sequence, the airplane struck a power line and a building. The pilot was fatally injured. Of the three survivors, one was seriously injured. The airplane was destroyed and consumed by postcrash fire. The flight departed Wilson Airport, Nairobi about 1115 UTC. The accident site was about 1 mile southeast of the airport. Visual conditions prevailed at the time. The accident is being conducted by the Accident Investigation Division of the Kenya Ministry of Transport, and the NTSB has designated a US Accredited Representative, under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13, to support the investigation. All inquiries should be directed to the Kenya Ministry of Transport.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.