Accident Piper PA-32-300 5H-AZK,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180177
 
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Date:Wednesday 11 November 1998
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA32 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-32-300
Owner/operator:Air Zanzibar
Registration: 5H-AZK
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Chankode airstrip, District Mbeya -   Tanzania
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Chankode airstrip, District Mbeya
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Aircraft stalled and crashed shortly after takeoff. Aircraft was overloaded.
All five occupants, the pilot and four German tourists, died in the crash.

Sources:

http://www.tcaa.go.tz/files/1955%20-%202005%20FATAL%20ACCIDENTS.pdf
http://web.archive.org/web/20041123232351/http://www.huntingreport.com:80/hunting_article_details.cfm?id=521

Revision history:

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