- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | November 15, 2017 |
Time: | 0800 |
Location: | Empakaai, Tanzania |
Operator: | Costal Aviation |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Arusha - Serengeti |
AC Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Registration: | 5H-EGG |
cn / ln: | 208B-0476 |
Aboard: | 11 (passengers:10 crew:1) |
Fatalities: | 11 (passengers:10 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The chartered Cessna was flying tourists from Kilimanjaro to Arusha. The plane circled for 30 minuets due to poor weather conditions before crashing. The direct cause of the accident was the uncommanded inflight RH engine propeller blades setting to the angle of minus 1.8° which caused the significant rolling and turning moments, the A/C loss of speed and controllability, and the subsequent with the ground collision. |
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