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Date: | Tuesday 19 May 2015 |
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Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Airworks |
Registration: | 5Y-NKV |
MSN: | 208B0387 |
Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mandeng Airstrip -
South Sudan
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Juba Airport (JUB/HSSJ) |
Destination airport: | Mandeng Airstrip |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Cessna 208B, 5Y-NKV, sustained substantial damage in an accident at Mandeng Airstrip, South Sudan.
A photo from the accident airplane shows a broken right hand wing, a severely damaged left hand wing and a collapsed left and main gear.
The operator, Airworks, regularly operates humanitarian aid flights on behalf of United Nations programmes.
During an assessment dated 21 October 2014 the Mandeng Airstrip runway dimension was measured at 100M x 800M with an orientation of 140-320. Airstrip soil is black cotton soil. People and animals are known to cross the runway. Cessna 208 aircraft are allowed to operate to the airstrip with a maximum of 4 pax with minimum fuel.
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photo (c) Anon.; Mandeng Airstrip; May 2015
photo (c) Anon.; Mandeng Airstrip; May 2015
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