ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 32841
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 March 1988 |
| Time: | 09:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna 402C |
| Owner/operator: | Tanzania Game Tracker Safaris |
| Registration: | 5H-GTS |
| MSN: | 402C0268 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rubondo Island, Biharamulo -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Rubondo Airstrip |
| Kigoma | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Overloaded aircraft failed to climb after lift-off and crashed in a forest beyond the end of the runway. Pilot Tim Ward (28, 2800 hrs).
Cause
The accident was caused by the failure of the aircraft to accelerate shortly after lift off. The aircraft may have been rotated in a partially stalled condition when it came at the end of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Daily Telegraph 1-4-1988
http://www.tcaa.go.tz/
https://www.tcaa.go.tz/files/documents/final%20report%203-88%20%20CESSNA%20402C%20%205H-GTS%20%20RUBONDO.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Feb-2009 02:00 | harro | Updated |
| 19-Aug-2011 14:06 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2020 06:56 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2020 06:57 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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