What happened
During a scheduled cargo operation, the flight encountered increasingly severe meteorological conditions. Rather than diverting back to the point of departure, the crew elected to proceed with the mission. While operating the single-engine aircraft under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) while actually flying in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC), the plane impacted a mountain slope within the Konder Mountain Range. The impact resulted in the total destruction of the airframe and two fatalities, as both pilots on board perished in the crash.
Findings
Investigations into the accident identified that the visibility had significantly degraded due to heavy rainfall and low-hanging cloud cover, creating conditions more severe than those originally predicted in the weather forecast. The primary factor leading to the accident was controlled flight into terrain resulting from the decision to maintain VFR flight parameters while flying through IMC.