Accident to the Airbus AS350 registered 5Y-DSB operated by Youth Aviation on 28/02/2026 at Tabolwa (Kenya)

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Kenyan authorities:

It departed Endebess for Wilson airport in Nairobi County and landed in an open field at Tabolwa in Nandi County at 3:43 PM with six on board including the Member of Parliament for Emurua Dikirr constituency and landed there at 4:20 PM. It was reported by local eye witnesses that the stop was necessitated by poor visibility, heavy rainfall and heavy fog in the area.
The helicopter departed Tabolwa at 4:25 PM with six on board and confirmed to have crashed a minute later at Tabolwa.

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General information
Local date	28/02/2026
Responsible entity	Kenya - AAID
State or area of occurrence	Kenya
Location	Tabolwa
Human consequences	Fatal
Number of death	6
Aircraft consequences	Destroyed
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2026-0077

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Small helicopter
Operator	Kenya - Private Operator (Youth Aviation Limited)
Manufacturer / Model	AEROSPATIALE - AS350
Aircraft Registration	5Y-DSB
State of registry	Kenya
Last departure point	Kenya - Other (Endebess)
Planned destination	Kenya - HKNW (WIL) : Nairobi/Wilson
Flight phase	Unknown
Serial number	7183
Operator Type AG	Unknown
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger

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