ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341835
Date: | Sunday 10 November 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed 14-N2 Super Electra |
Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
Registration: | AX688 |
MSN: | 1419 |
Year of manufacture: | 1938 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Nairobi -
Kenya
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Nairobi (unknown airport) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The Super Electra took off from Nairobi in strong winds and heavy rain. Turning to the left at 500 feet after takeoff the airplane stalled and entered a spin. It crashed and caught fire. All aboard were killed.
The airplane operated on a ferry flight from Germiston, South Africa to Cairo-Heliopolis Airport, Egypt via Dodoma, Tanzania and Nairobi.
Sources:
rafcommands.com The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
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