| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | lundi 24 juillet 1978 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2 |
| Compagnie: | Amphibians |
| Immatriculation: | 5Y-CMC |
| Numéro de série: | 1032 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1976 |
| Moteurs: | 3 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 1 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 10 |
| Total: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 11 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Nyeri Hills ( Kénya)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Charter National |
| Aéroport de départ: | Samburu Airport (UAS/HKSB), Kénya |
| Nairobi-Wilson Airport (WIL/HKNW), Kénya |
The aircraft departed Samburu at 08:30 for a 50-minute flight to Nairobi and climbed to an altitude 8500 feet.
Along the route there was a heavy build up of stratus clouds with scattered cumulonimbus sprouting out of the top. The clouds seemed to extend from 2 000 feet up to 11 000 feet and more and the pilot decided to fly below the clouds and continue VFR. He then realized that the weather was deteriorating very rapidly and within the next minute or two the visibility had been reduced to a few yards. Realizing the proximity to the ground, the pilot applied full power and initiated a climb. A hill appeared ahead and the aircraft crashed into the trees in a nose-up attitude.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The probable cause of this accident was that the pilot flew VFR in IMC weather at a very low altitude, thereby flying blindly into a hill."
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 166-AN/105 (95-100)Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Samburu Airport et Nairobi-Wilson Airport est de 220 km (138 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
La distance entre Samburu Airport et Nairobi-Wilson Airport est de 220 km (138 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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