Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Wilson Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Nairobi Kenya
Thursday, August 26, 1999 10:50 GMT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On August 26, 1999, at 1343 local Kenya time (1043 Greenwich Mean Time) a Cessna 206G turbo utility airplane, N733YU, operated by African Inland Mission, International, was destroyed in impact with a residence, while on approach to Wilson Airport, Nairobi, Kenya. The Airline Transport rated pilot sustained serious injuries. Of the four passengers on board, one was fatally injured. Two passengers sustained serious injuries and one received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The U.S. registered airplane operated under Title 14 CFR Part 91, and under the authority of the regulations of the Civil Aviation Administration, Kenya. Attempts are being made to find whether a flight plan was filed, for the flight which originated at Mwanza, Tanzania.
Local personnel described the weather as clear at the time of the accident, and the temperature about 78 degrees Fahrenheit. The impact site is about 5,000 feet mean sea level.
The airplane came to rest in a top-floor room of a residence. The fatally injured passenger was a German citizen. The seriously injured passengers were an Irish priest, a Tanzanian woman, and a Dutch man. The fourth passenger, a Thai man working for the United Nations refugee agency in Tanzania, was released from hospital the day of the accident. No one on the ground was injured. There was no fire.
The airplane was manufactured in 1978. The airplane and the Continental TSIO 520 turbo-charged engine total hours are presently unknown.
According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the U.S. pilot held ATP multi-engine, and Commercial single engine land ratings, and accumulated 1,665 total flight hours. He was a certified flight instructor, airplane, and held an airframe and powerplants certificate. His first class medical certificate was dated April 20, 1999, with a limitation requiring the use of corrective lenses.
For further information, contact the Investigator-in-Charge: Chief Inspector of Accidents, Directorate of Civil Aviation, P.O. Box 31163, Nairobi, Kenya, tel. 822950, ext. 238.
U.S. Accredited Representative: Thomas R. Conroy, Regional Operations and General Aviation Division (AS-20), National Transportation Safety Board, 490 L'Enfant Plaza East, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20594; tel. (202) 314-6314/fax - 6329.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/26/1999 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1050 |
| Event Time Zone | -- |
| Event City | NAIROBI |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | KENYA |
| Zipcode of the event site | |
| Event Date Year | 1999 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | WILSON AIRPORT |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Witness |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Not Reported |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 3 |
| Injury Total All | 5 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 0 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Aug 26 1999 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1000 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 20 2003 3:38PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\ZUZL |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N733YU |
| NTSB Number | IAD99WA060 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Unknown |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Unknown |
| Aircraft Explosion | Unknown |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | 206G |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 206G |
| Aircraft Serial Number | |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | WILSON AIRPORT |
| Operator City | NAIROBI, KENYA |
| Operator State | OF |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | NA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Unknown |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | MWANZA, TANZANI |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | HKNW |
| Destination City | WILSON AIRPORT, |
| Destination State | OF |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 3 2001 9:58AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |