Pilatus PC-12 crash, Feb 13, 1998 (9 killed), Ngong
Pilatus PC-12 accident on February 13, 1998 near Ngong, Kajiado, Kenya with 9 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the pilot...
- Date: February 13, 1998
- Aircraft: Pilatus PC-12
- Location: Ngong, Kajiado, Kenya
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the pilot descended below the minimum safe altitude in misty conditions.
A Pilatus PC-12 returning to Nairobi-Wilson with one pilot and eight passengers flew into the Ngong Hills in mist. The pilot had descended below safe altitude and did not realize it until the aircraft hit the mountainside. All nine occupants were killed.