Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Mar 20, 2021 (2 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on March 20, 2021 near Marsabit, Rift Valley, Kenya with 2 fatalities. Cause: Continued descent into terrain without...
- Date: March 20, 2021
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Marsabit, Rift Valley, Kenya
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Continued descent into terrain without forward visibility in thick fog. Contributing factors were the airstrip being surrounded by high hills and inadequate flight planning and crew resource management.
A Cessna 208B Caravan flying from Nairobi to Marsabit hit Kofia Mbaya hill while trying to approach the Marsabit airstrip in thick fog. The aircraft flipped and came to rest upside down, and both crew members were killed. The Kenyan investigators found it continued descending without forward visibility.