De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo crash, Dec 30, 2006, Nairobi-J...
De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo accident on December 30, 2006 near Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta (ex Embakasi), Nairobi City District, Kenya with no fatalities....
- Date: December 30, 2006
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-5 Buffalo
- Location: Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta (ex Embakasi), Nairobi City District, Kenya
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Failure of the left engine for undetermined reasons during initial climb, with marginal weather considered a contributing factor.
A Buffalo cargo aircraft chartered for a Red Cross fuel delivery to Baidoa lost its left engine shortly after departing Nairobi. The crew tried to turn back, but the aircraft struck a power line and came down on a house. All three crew were injured and nobody on the ground was hurt.