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| Date: | Tuesday 7 August 1984 |
| Time: | 06:01 UTC |
| Type: |  Cessna 402A |
| Owner/operator: | Pioneer Airlines |
| Registration: | 5Y-AMS |
| MSN: | 402A0038 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sultan Hamud -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Ukunda |
| Amboseli | |
| Investigating agency: | MoT Kenya |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft impacted terrain in IMC.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
La Stampa 9 August 1984, p12 (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2011 16:04 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Feb-2020 20:18 | TB | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2025 15:21 | ASN | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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