- Date
- October 23, 2010, 06:53 local (06:53 UTC)
- Place
- Vipingo Ridge, Kenya
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- 5Y-NAMPiper PA32 - 301
- Defining event
- Enroute: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 82263
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On October 23, 2010, about 0653 UTC, 5Y-NAM, a Piper PA-32R-301, a personal flight, had an inflight breakup during cruise flight and crashed in an open field at Vipingo Ridge, Kenya. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. There was no fire. The domestic flight originated at Moi and the destination was Mombasa. An investigation has been instituted by the Kenya Ministry of Transport (MOT). As the State of Manufacture, a US Accredited Representative has been appointed. Inquiries about the investigation should be directed to the MOT. Kenya Ministry of Transport Air Accident Investigation Department Nairobi, Kenya
Aircraft
- Registration
- 5Y-NAM
- Reported as
- Piper PA32 - 301 (301)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial