Cessna 208 5Y-CAC

Summary

On 5 June 2018 at about 17:05 local time, a Cessna 208 registered 5Y-CAC was involved in an accident near Njabini, Kenya. 10 people were on board and 10 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 June 2018 at 17:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Njabini, Kenya

Coordinates

-0.4228, 36.4200

Aircraft

Cessna 208

Registration

5Y-CAC

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

WPR18WA165

10 people 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 June 5, 2018, about 1705 local time, a Cessna 208, 5Y-CAC, collided into a mountain in the Aberdare mountain range near Njabini, Kenya. The 2 pilots and 8 passengers were fatally injured; the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was owned and operated by East African Safari Air Express. The flight was operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Kenya. The flight departed Kitale Airport, Njabini, Kenya about 1605 local time with a planned destination of Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Kenya. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Kenya. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: The Chief Investigator of Air Accidents, Kenya Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure P.O. Box 52692-00200 Nairobi Kenya Tel.: +254 770 111 333 or +254 722 778 773 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Fax: 254 2 822195 Website: www.transport.go.ke

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.