ASN Aircraft accident Canadair C-4 Argonaut VP-KNY Nairobi-Embakasi Airport (NBO)
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Date:Wednesday 11 April 1962
Type:Silhouette image of generic argt model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Canadair C-4 Argonaut
Operator:East African Airways Corp. - EAAC
Registration: VP-KNY
MSN: 161
First flight:
Engines: 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin 622
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Nairobi-Embakasi Airport (NBO) (   Kenya)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
The Canadair C-4 was carrying out simulated three-engine approaches to Nairobi when the training captain attempted to unfeather the feathered engine and inadvertently feathered one of the others. The plane sank onto the runway and the prop tips struck the runway. The pilot kept the C-4 airborne for 1,5 miles but the plane eventually struck the ground and caught fire.



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