ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318958
| Date: | Tuesday 27 July 2021 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Abyssinian Flight Services |
| Registration: | ET-AMI |
| MSN: | 208B1260 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kombolcha -
 Ethiopia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Jijiga-Wilwal Airport (JIJ/HAJJ) |
| Dire Dawa-Aba Tenna D Yilma Airport (DIR/HADR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operating for the UN's World Food Programme, suffered extensive damage following a forced landing near Kombolcha, Ethiopia. The aircraft was carrying two humanitarian staff members from Jijiga to Dire Dawa.
The aircraft came to rest nose down. The right-hand wing was severed, the right-hand main gear broke and there was extensive damage to the propeller, engine and nose gear area.
Sources:
wfp.org
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