ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 25465
Last updated: 7 April 2021
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| Date: | 03-JAN-1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Anson C.19 |
| Owner/operator: | United Air Services |
| Registration: | VR-TAT |
| C/n / msn: | RY/LW/5183 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Kazimzumbwi Pwani Region, 20 km SW of Dar es-Salaam -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
| Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania |
Ex-RAF Anson EF928. First civil registered as G-AIFA (C of R 10621/1) on 3/9/1946 to Straight Aviation Training Ltd and Weston Airways Ltd., Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Registration cancelled/lapsed upon sale 13/8/1947
Sold off and re-registered (C of R 16621/2) on 16/8/1947 to Goverment of Tanganikya British Territory, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganikya. Registration G-AIFA cancelled 3/3/1948 as "Transferred to Tanganikya as VR-TAT".
As VR-TAT, re-regsitered 3/3/1948 to United Air Services Ltd., Dar-es-Salam, Tanganyika.
Written off 3/1/1950 while approaching Dar es-Salaam, the twin engine aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a dense wooded area located in Kazimzumbwi, about 12 miles (20 km) southwest of Dar es-Salaam. Both crew members were killed.
Sources:
1. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p,298)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIFA.pdf
3. https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/vr-taa.pdf
4. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/avro652_3.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-kazimzumbwi-2-killed
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimzumbwi_Forest_Reserve
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Apr-2012 14:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2020 05:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2021 17:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2021 17:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn] |
| 07-Apr-2021 17:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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