# NTSB NYC97WA017: Piper PA-31-310, Nairobi, Kenya, November 13, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 13, 1996
- Place: Nairobi, Kenya
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39448
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC97WA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39448/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97WA017

## Aircraft

- Registration: 5YALA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-31-310
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Kissimayu Aviation
- Departed: OF
- Destination: MWANZA,TANZANIA, OF
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported

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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