Last updated: 3 March 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 3 October 2017 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Operator: | Afghan Air Force |
| Registration: | YA12303 |
| C/n / msn: | 208B2303 |
| First flight: | 2011 |
| Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Nili Airport ( Afghanistan)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nili Airport (OANL), Afghanistan |
| ? |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operated by the Afghan Air Force sustained substantial damage in an accident at Nili Airport, Daykundi Province, Afghanistan. The aircraft had dropped off the new provincial governor at Nili and had just departed when a forced landing was carried out by the crew due to 'technical reasons'. The aircraft came to rest off the airstrip. The nose landing gear had collapsed and the propeller was damaged.
Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» Afghan Army Plane Crash Lands In Daikundi (TOLOnews.com, 3-10-2017)Photos
Video, social media
The newly appointed Daikundi governor has made such landing. Let’s see how other things go with him. Welcome to central Afghanistan! pic.twitter.com/DgpV2LMDXz
— Ehsanullah Amiri (@euamiri) October 3, 2017
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
