Accident Cessna 150C 5Y-KTE,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74669
 
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Date:Sunday 7 September 1975
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C150 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 150C
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: 5Y-KTE
MSN: 60055
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mount Kinangop -   Kenya
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Nakuru
Destination airport:Nairobi
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Pilot Ebrahim (Shahbaz) Kapadi(Kapdi) and passenger Kalim Abdulla were flying light cessna aircraft from Nairobi visiting places like Nakuru and Kisumu en route. Due to bad weather and hence running low on fuel plane crashed on to the slopes of Mount Kinangop. After one weeks of search and rescue operation the pilot and passenger both were declared missing and presumed dead.

Sources:

Nation newspaper of Kenya. No. 4644, Thursday, September 11, 1975
Civil Aircraft Registers of Africa
Air Britain

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jun-2010 10:29 Anon. Added
19-Jan-2019 09:40 Cobar Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source]

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