# NTSB WPR19WA271: Cessna U206G, Londiani, Kenya, February 13, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 13, 2019, 07:29 local (07:29 UTC)
- Place: Londiani, Kenya
- Coordinates: -0.100277, 35.621112 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-0.1003&lon=35.6211&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: 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): 100382
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR19WA271
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100382/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19WA271

## Factual narrative

On February 13, 2019, at 0729 universal coordinated time a Cessna U206G, 5Y-BSE, crashed into terrain, following a distress signal from the airplane near Londiani, Kericho County, Kenya. The pilot and four passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The flight was operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Kenya. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure/Aircraft Accident Investigation Department. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: The Chief Investigator of Air Accidents, Kenya Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure P.O. Box 52692-00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel.: (254) 20 272-9200 E-mail: ps@transport.go.ke, directoraai@transport.go.ke Fax: (254) 2 822195 Website: www.transport.go.ke

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 5Y-BSE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 206-03699
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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