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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Busia Kenya
Friday, January 24, 2003 14:45 UTC
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On January 24, 2003, about 1445 hours UTC, a Gulfstream Aerospace G-159 (G-1) aircraft, owned operated by African Commuter Services, Ltd. (ACS), collided with the ground during initial takeoff climb from an airstrip in Busia, Kenya. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot, and one passenger were fatally injured. Eleven passengers were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. There was no fire. The destination of the flight was Kisumu, Kenya.
The flight originated in Nairobi, Kenya on the morning of Jan 24, 2003 at approximately 1000 hours. The aircraft was flown directly to Busia. After landing the aircraft was taxied to parking area and passengers disembarked for a brief period. Passengers returned to the aircraft and boarded for departure, which has been reported to be between 17:30 and 17:45.
Witnesses saw the airplane takeoff on runway 12 and during the ground run the airplane veered right and off the runway onto the adjacent grassy terrain. The airplane became airborne and struck trees, a house antennae, and 25-foot high power lines before it descended and collided with the ground. The airplane struck the ground in a nose down attitude, and came to rest on top of an unoccupied brick dwelling.
The investigatiion is under the jurisdiction of the Kenyan Civil Avaition Authority, Nairobi, Kenya.
The U.S. Accredited Representative is Dennis L. Jones, NTSB, Washington, D.C.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/24/2003 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1445 |
| Event Time Zone | Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Event City | Busia |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | KENYA |
| Zipcode of the event site | -- |
| Event Date Year | 2003 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | -- |
| Event Location Latitude | 002750N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0340803E |
| Event Location Airport | -- |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Witness |
| Time of the weather observation | |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | -- |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | -- |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | -- |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | -- |
| Lighting Conditions | -- |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 3 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 11 |
| Injury Total All | 14 |
| Investigating Agency | Foreign |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | Kenyan Civil Aviation Authorit |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jan 24 2003 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1230 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 12 2003 1:32PM |
| User who most recently changed record | JOND |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | -- |
| NTSB Number | WAS03RA006 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Non-U.S., Commercial |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | -- |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | -- |
| Aircraft Explosion | -- |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Gulfstream Aerospace |
| Aircraft Model | G-159 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | -- |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| 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 | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | -- |
| ELT Activated | -- |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | -- |
| 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? | -- |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | -- |
| Operator Street Address | VAT Building, Wilson Airport |
| Operator City | Nairobi |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | KE |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | -- |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | HKBA |
| Departure City | Busia |
| Departure State | -- |
| Departure Country | KE |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | -- |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | HKKI |
| Destination City | Kisumu |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | KE |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff - initial climb |
| Report sent to ICAO? | Yes |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 12 2003 1:32PM |
| User who most recently changed record | JOND |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | -- |
| Medical Flight | -- |