Date: | Thursday 20 December 1984 |
Time: | 17:20 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
Owner/operator: | Air Tanzania |
Registration: | 5H-MRD |
MSN: | 581 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Kerege -
Tanzania
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Dar es Salaam International Airport (DAR/HTDA) |
Destination airport: | Dar es Salaam International Airport (DAR/HTDA) |
Narrative:The aircraft was engaged in an IFR training flight from Dar Es Salaam Airport. The flight was to head to Bagamoyo (radial 331/30nm) with a procedure turn at there before returning to Dar Es Salaam Airport where it was to fly an ILS approach.
The aircraft went into a spin and crashed. The pilot had lost control possibly due to attention being diverted to a no. 2 engine fire.
Sources:
Tanzania CAA
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