Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 JUL 1986 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-30-DL |
| Operator: | Air Force of Zimbabwe |
| Registration: | 7312 |
| C/n / msn: | 9492 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 22 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Maputo International Airport (MPM) (Mozambique)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Chimoio Airport (VPY/FQCH), Mozambique |
| Harare Airport (HRE/FVHA), Zimbabwe |
Crashed.
Sources:
» BAAA-ACRO
» Flight International 16 May 1987
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Chimoio Airport to Harare Airport as the crow flies is 280 km (175 miles).
Distance from Chimoio Airport to Harare Airport as the crow flies is 280 km (175 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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