Cessna crash-lands at Baramita airstrip

A light Cessna aircraft crash landed this morning at the Baramita airstrip in the North West District (NWD).

The Oxford Aviation aircraft, a six-seater Cessna 206 bearing the registration 8R-GRT, crashed on landing at the interior aerodrome, sometime after 9:30 am.

The pilot was the only person on board and reports are that he escaped with only minor injuries.

Last August, pilot Ayube Mazarally along with five passengers escaped with minor injuries when another aircraft operated by Oxford Aviation, crashed while departing the Ekereku Top aerodrome in Region 7. The aircraft sustained major damage.

A team of investigators was this morning dispatched to the NWD to investigate this morning’s incident.