Windhoek - Windhoek
Flight / Schedule
Windhoek - Windhoek
Aircraft
Cessna 406 CaravanRegistration
V5-ASB
MSN
406-0031
Year of Manufacture
1989
Operator
Unknown
Date
May 3, 2024 at 05:08 PM
Type
CRASHFlight Type
Test
Flight Phase
Landing (descent or approach)
Region
Africa • Namibia
Coordinates
-23.2335°, 17.3231°
Narrative Report
On May 3, 2024 at 05:08 PM, Windhoek - Windhoek experienced a crash involving Cessna 406 Caravan, operated by an operator, with the event recorded near Africa, Namibia.
The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach).
3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.
Aircraft reference details include registration V5-ASB, MSN 406-0031, year of manufacture 1989.
Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.2335°, 17.3231°.
Fatalities
Total
3
Crew
2
Passengers
1
Other
0
Occupants & Outcome
Crew On Board
2
Passengers On Board
1
Estimated Survivors
0
Fatality Rate
100.0%
Known people on board: 3
Operational Details
Schedule / Flight
Windhoek - Windhoek
Flight Type
Test
Flight Phase
Landing (descent or approach)
Region / Country
Africa • Namibia
Aircraft Details
Similar Plane Crashes
Private South African
De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth
Crashed on landing at Karibib Airport. The pilot was slightly injured while the aircraft was destroyed by post crash fire. The aircraft was just bought by Mr. Weissner few days prior to the accident.
South African Airways -SAA - Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens - SAL
Boeing 707
A Boeing 707-344C passenger jet, registered ZS-EUW, was destroyed in an accident near Windhoek-Strijdom International Airport, Namibia. The aircraft was operating on South African Airways' flight SA228 from Johannesburg to London via Windhoek, Luanda, Las Palmas and Frankfurt. The first leg of the flight was uneventful. Local weather conditions at Windhoek were fine: there was no cloud and no wind. The night was particularly dark as there was no moon and the horizon was indistinct. At 20:49 the aircraft took off from Windhoek runway 08 into conditions of complete darkness. The aircraft climbed to a height of about 650 feet above ground level. It leveled off and began to descend. Thirty seconds later, the aircraft flew into the ground at a point some 5,327 metres from the end of the runway. The level of the ground at the point of impact was 179 feet below the airport elevation or approximately 100 feet below the point of lift-off. The impact occurred at a ground speed of approximately 271 knots. The initial impact was in a slightly left-wing-down attitude. The fuselage and each of the 4 engine pods gouged deep trenches in the ground and the aircraft then began to break up as its momentum carried it onward. Wreckage was strewn over an area some 1,400 metres long and some 200 metres wide, and 2 separate fires broke out, presumably through the ignition of fuel on impact. Five passengers were seriously injured while 123 other occupants were killed.
Suidwes Lugdiens - South West Airways
Cessna 402
While taking off from runway 03/21 at Opuwo Airstrip, the twin engine airplane stalled and crashed. All three occupants were injured and the airplane was written off.
South African Air Force
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
Crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere in Namibia, killing all three crew members.
Wonderair
Fairchild F27
While taxiing at Omega AFB, the aircraft caught fire for unknown reasons. The crew was able to stop the airplane and to evacuate before it would be totally destroyed by fire.
Letabu Airways
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
While cruising at an altitude of 29,000 feet on a flight from Windhoek to Johannesburg, the twin engine aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located near Aminuis. All three occupants were killed.