ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27470
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 December 1994 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Transworld Safaris |
| Registration: | 5Y-SMR |
| MSN: | 31-8252001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ngong Hills, Great Rift Valley, South West of Nairobi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Wilson Airport, Nairobi (WIL/HKNW) |
| Goma International Airport (GOM/FZNA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) 6 December 1994 due to a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) when flew into a mountainside near Nairobi, Kenya during initial climb out. The aircraft was destroyed when it apparently flew into a TV mast in the Ngong Hills , Great Rift Valley, south west of Nairobi, some 15 minutes after take-off from Wilson Airport, Nairobi. All five persons on board (crew of two plus three passengers) were killed.
Registration 5Y-SMR cancelled as "destroyed" 31 December 1999
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1994/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-nairobi-5-killed/]
2. http://antonakis.co.uk/registers/Kenya.txt
3. http://www.ascendworldwide.com/download/Cust/WAAS167_Complete.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 08:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 16:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 16:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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