Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1 crash, Jun 10, 2005, L...
Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1 accident on June 10, 2005 near Lokichoggio, Rift Valley, Kenya with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of the crew to...
- Date: June 10, 2005
- Aircraft: Hawker Siddeley HS.780 Andover C.1
- Location: Lokichoggio, Rift Valley, Kenya
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the crew to complete the landing checklist, with a lapse in cockpit monitoring and cross-checking and a misreading of the gear-up warning as contributing factors, per the Kenyan report summary.
A 748 Air Services Andover flying relief sorties in southern Sudan returned to Lokichoggio and landed on runway 09. Its propellers struck the surface during the landing roll, the aircraft veered left and stopped, and it blocked the single runway. The three crew evacuated uninjured and the aircraft sustained substantial damage.