# NTSB DCA08WA073: Cessna 210, Nairegi Enkera, Kenya, June 10, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 10, 2008, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Nairegi Enkera, Kenya
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68213
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA08WA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68213/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08WA073

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 10, 2008, about 1200 UTC, a Cessna 210, registration 5Y-BE, a chartered flight, was en route when it collided with high terrain near Nairegi Enkera, Kenya. The airplane was on a visual flight; instrument meteorological conditions prevailed due to low visibility.  The pilot and three passengers,were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed.  There was no fire. The domestic flight originated at Nairobi and the destination was Narok, Kenya.

The investigation is being conducted by the Kenya Air Accident Investigaton Department. As the State of manufacture of the airplane, a US Accredited Representative has been assigned. Please refer all questions about the accident to:

Chief Inspector of Accidents

Directorate of Civil Aviation

P.O. Box 30163

Nairobi, Kenya

## Aircraft

- Registration: 5Y-BVE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 210
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Departed: Nairobi
- Destination: Kericha
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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