Safarilink Aviation Flight 053
aviation accident in 2024
On 5 March 2024, Safarilink Aviation Flight 053, a De Havilland Canada Dash 8, en route from Wilson Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, to Ukunda Airport, Kenya, collided soon after takeoff with a Cessna 172 training flight operated by 99 Flying School over Nairobi National Park. The Dash 8 returned to Wilson Airport and landed safely with part of the deicing boot missing, and with all 44 aboard unharmed, but the Cessna spun out of control and crashed in the national park, killing both occupants.
Background
Flight 053
Aircraft
The first aircraft involved in the collision was a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-315, manufacturer serial number 574, and registered as 5Y-SLK. The aircraft was manufactured by Bombardier Aviation on 28 September 2001 and in its 22 years of service, it had accumulated around 32,000 flight hours in around 35,000 cycles, and was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123E engines.
Crew
The flight consisted of 39 passengers and 5 crew members: 2 pilots, 2 flight attendants, and an engineer. The captain had logged around 7,500 flight hours, with 1,600 hours in the Dash 8 and the first officer had logged 3,200 flight hours, with 110 hours on the type.
5Y-NNJ
Aircraft
The second aircraft involved was a Cessna 172M, registered 5Y-NNJ with serial number 172-65726. The aircraft was built by the Cessna Aircraft Company in 1976 and in its 48 years of service before the accident, it logged around 12,300 flight hours, and it was equipped with a Lycoming O-320-E2D engine.
Crew
The flight crew consisted of an instructor pilot and a student pilot. The instructor had logged around 670 flight hours, while the student pilot had accumulated around 49 flight hours.
Accident
The collision occurred at around 09:34 EAT (6:34 UTC) in visual meteorological conditions.
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