Let L-410 crash, Nov 17, 2004, Kilimanjaro
Let L-410 accident on November 17, 2004 near Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot descended too low for a...
- Date: November 17, 2004
- Aircraft: Let L-410
- Location: Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot descended too low for a safe single-engine overshoot recovery, did not apply the standard procedure and retracted the gear before a positive climb. Control was lost before recovery.
A Precision Air L-410 on a base training flight at Kilimanjaro attempted a single-engine overshoot. It crossed the threshold low with the gear retracted, flew a long level flare, drifted off the runway and crashed onto a grass hedge beside taxiway Y. Both pilots suffered facial injuries and there was no fire.