Cessna 208 havarerte i Etiopia - ASN

 

Status:
Date:	Tuesday 27 July 2021
Type:	Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Operator:	Abyssinian Flight Services
On behalf of:	United Nations World Food Programme
Registration:	ET-AMI
MSN:	208B1260
First flight:	2007
Engines:	1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	near Kombolcha (   Ethiopia)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Jijiga-Wilwal Airport (JIJ/HAJJ), Ethiopia
Destination airport:	Dire Dawa-Aba Tenna D Yilma Airport (DIR/HADR), Ethiopia

Narrative:
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operating for the UN's World Food Programme, suffered extensive damage following a forced landing near Kombolcha, Ethiopia. The aircraft was carrying two humanitarian staff members from Jijiga to Dire Dawa.
The aircraft came to rest nose down. The right-hand wing was severed, the right-hand main gear broke and there was extensive damage to the propeller, engine and nose gear area.