Entebbe - Masindi

On September 26, 2007 at 07:37 AM, Entebbe - Masindi experienced a crash involving Cessna 406 Caravan, operated by Fugro Airborne Surveys, with the event recorded near Entebbe Central.

The flight was categorized as geographical / geophysical / scientific and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was scheduled to perform a geophysical survey flight for the government of Uganda between Entebbe and Masindi. Shortly after takeoff from Entebbe Airport runway 17, while climbing to a height of about 1,500 metres, the twin engine aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field. Both occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration ZS-SSD, MSN 406-0027, year of manufacture 1988.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 0.2124°, 32.5386°.