# NTSB GAA25WA234: Cessna 560, Mwihoko, Kenya, August 7, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 7, 2025
- Place: Mwihoko, Kenya
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal, 2 serious; on the ground: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Textron Aviation
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200739
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA234
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200739/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA234

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 5Y-FDN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560 (XL)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: In-Flight
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Flying Doctors
- Registered owner: African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) Flying Doctors

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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