# NTSB WPR19WA164: Bell 505X, Londiani, Kericho, Kenya, March 3, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 3, 2019
- Place: Londiani, Kericho, 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: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99579
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR19WA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99579/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19WA164

## 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 March 3, 2019, about 0834 local time, a Bell 505X, 5Y-KDL, collided with terrain near Londiani, Kericho, Kenya. The 1 pilot and 4 passengers were fatally injured; the helicopter was destroyed. The helicopter was owned and operated by KWAE Island Development Limited. The flight was operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Kenya. The flight departed Central Island, Turkana, Kenya at an unknown time with a planned destination of Lobollo, Kenya. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Kenya. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Kenya. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aircraft Accident Investigation Department Ministry of Transport, Kenya Nairobi Kenya Tel.: +254 770 111 333 or +254 722 778 773 E-mail: ps@transport.go.ke, directoraai@transport.go.ke Fax: 254 2 822195 Website: www.transport.go.ke

## Aircraft

- Registration: 5Y-KDL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 505X
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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