Cessna-206 Accident (Tanzania)

Date: 08-NOV-2008
Time: ±11:00
Type: Cessna U206F
Operator: Luca Safaris Ltd
Registration: 5Y-AOO
C/n / msn: U20601710
Fatalities: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities: 0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Mawenzi Peak, Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania
Phase: En route
Nature: Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Kyulu Hills
Destination airport: Kyulu Hills
Narrative:
The Cessna 206, registered to a Nairobi based company, took off from one of the many tourist camps at Kyulu Hills on the Kenyan side of Mount Kilimanjaro on a sight-seeing trip. It then crashed on Mawnzi Peak at an altitude of 4,330m above sea level. Four Italian tourists died, but the pilot survived and was taken to hospital at Moshi, a town on the north-eastern foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro.

(aviation-safety.net)