Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver VP-YIM,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137103
 
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Date:Saturday 21 April 1956
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Owner/operator:Central African Airways
Registration: VP-YIM
MSN: 87
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Lunzu, Southern Region -   Malawi
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Lilongwe (LLW)
Destination airport:Blantyre/Chileka (BTZ)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Hit trees and crashed while attempting emergency landing on small path due to poor visibility.

Sources:

http://www.dhc-2.com/cn87.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jul-2011 04:30 TB Added
06-Jul-2011 13:24 TB Updated [Source]
06-Jul-2011 13:45 TB Updated [Destination airport, Source]
18-Jan-2012 07:43 flyingant Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]
21-Feb-2014 20:07 TB Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
14-Apr-2022 10:04 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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