Date: | Friday 16 August 2019 |
Time: | 10:30 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 |
Owner/operator: | SafariLink |
Registration: | 5Y-SLM |
MSN: | 506 |
Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kichwa Tembo Airstrip -
Kenya
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW) |
Destination airport: | Kichwa Tembo Airstrip |
Narrative:A SafariLink DHC-8-200 suffered a left-hand landing gear failure after striking several wildebeest on landing at the Kichwa Tembo Airstrip in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
The occupants were not injured; the aircraft sustained damage to the left-hand main gear and no.1 propeller. Two wildebeest were killed in the accident.
Sources:
nation.co.ke kahawatungu.com Location
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