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Date: | Monday 24 November 1969 |
Time: | morning |
Type: | Piper PA-23-160 Apache |
Owner/operator: | Tanzania Government Flight |
Registration: | 5H-TBU |
MSN: | 23-1727 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Dar-es-Salaam -
Tanzania
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | HTDA |
Destination airport: | HTDA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:This Tanzanian Government owned Twin Engined Piper Apache Aircraft was on a Training Flight out of Dar es Salaam Airport (HTDA) in the morning of Nov 24, 1969 when it crashed just close to the edge of Selander Bridge causeway, close to the City outskirts. All 3 Pilots (a Canadian Instructor) & 2 TPDF Pilots in Training were killed. It was assumed they were doing single-engine flying training at the time & lost directional control on Single Engine. Also assumed was the Canadian Instructor was in the back seat, while the trainees were flying the Aircraft.
Sources:
I worked for a Civilian FBO at the Airport at the time & it was reported this Aircraft had departed for Training from the Goverment Hangar (security area under Tanzanian M.P. Guard) & word spread like fire at the airport when this crash happened. This News was in the Daily Newspaper the following Day.
Perhaps TCCA (Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority in Dar es salaam will have a report on file.
Air Britain
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vr-taa.pdf British Pathe
https://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/MEDIA-5/archive/RGIW/2015-03-28T121324Z_1_LVA6T6HQ8CDOVU97W59VZXOKWIGR_RTRWNEV_F_TANZANIA-AFTERMATH-OF-MILITARY-AIRCRAFT-CRASH-IN-WHICH-THREE-MEN.MP4.m3u8 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Oct-2012 05:59 |
mindo |
Added |
27-Oct-2015 19:15 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Embed code] |
20-Dec-2018 16:18 |
Cobar |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |