- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 15, 2017
Time: 0800
Location: Empakaai, Tanzania
Operator: Costal Aviation
Flight #: ?
Route: Arusha - Serengeti
AC Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Registration: 5H-EGG
cn / ln: 208B-0476
Aboard: 11   (passengers:10  crew:1)
Fatalities: 11   (passengers:10  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The chartered Cessna was flying tourists from Kilimanjaro to Arusha. The plane circled for 30 minuets due to poor weather conditions before crashing. The direct cause of the accident was the uncommanded inflight RH engine propeller blades setting to the angle of minus 1.8° which caused the significant rolling and turning moments, the A/C loss of speed and controllability, and the subsequent with the ground collision.
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