Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 27 July 2021
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: Abyssinian Flight Services, opf UNWorld Food Programme
Registration Number: ET-AMI
Location: near Kombolcha –
ÿ Ethiopia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Component Affected: Right-hand wing, right-hand main gear, propeller, engine, and nose gear.Right-hand wing, right-hand main gear, propeller, engine, and nose gear.
Category: Accident
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan carrying two humanitarian staff members to Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, experienced a forced landing near Kombolcha, resulting in significant damage. The aircraft sustained extensive damage, including a severed right-hand wing, a broken right-hand main gear, and damage to the propeller, engine, and nose gear area.A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan carrying two humanitarian staff members to Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, experienced a forced landing near Kombolcha, resulting in significant damage. The aircraft sustained extensive damage, including a severed right-hand wing, a broken right-hand main gear, and damage to the propeller, engine, and nose gear area.
Description
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, operating for the UN’s World Food Programme, suffered extensive damage following a forced landing near Kombolcha, Ethiopia. The aircraft was carrying two humanitarian staff members from Jijiga to Dire Dawa. The aircraft came to rest nose down. The right-hand wing was severed, the right-hand main gear broke and there was extensive damage to the propeller, engine and nose gear area.
Source of Information
https://www.wfp.org/news/statement-crash-landing-unhas-flight-ethiopiahttps://www.wfp.org/news/statement-crash-landing-unhas-flight-ethiopiaPrimary Cause
Mechanical failure during landing, likely involving a combination of factors including a sudden loss of control and component failure.Mechanical failure during landing, likely involving a combination of factors including a sudden loss of control and component failure.Share on:
