Incident Cessna 172 5Y-CEZ,
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Date:Saturday 2 December 2017
Time:09:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic C172 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 172
Owner/operator:99 Flying School
Registration: 5Y-CEZ
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Wilson airport, Nairobi -   Kenya
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Wilson airport, Nairobi
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The trainer plane crash landed on the runway of Wilson airport under unknown circumstances. All three occupants were injured.The aircraft, a small Cessna registration number 5Y CEZ belonging to 99 Flying School, crash-landed in what was said to be “confusion in the control tower”.

According to an employee at the airport who witnessed the incident, an instructor and a student were on board.

“The aircraft was coming down to I think runway 32 and landed on one of its wings,” said the employee, who sought anonymity as he is not authorized to speak to the media.

CONTROL TOWER

The employee said there were reports of power problems at the airports control tower at the time.

At about 1.30pm, Airport Accident Investigation personnel arrived at the airport.

Sources:

www.nation.co.ke

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
02-Dec-2017 15:43 gerard57 Added
03-Dec-2017 00:27 Iceman 29 Updated [Embed code]
03-Dec-2017 08:00 ron Updated [Narrative]

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