ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3) 476560/FRAST Blantyre-Chileka Airport (BLZ)
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Date:Sunday 19 October 1958
Time:08:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3)
Operator:L'Armée de L'Air
Registration: 476560/FRAST
MSN: 32892/16144
First flight: 1945
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Total:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:21 km (13.1 mls) E of Blantyre-Chileka Airport (BLZ) (   Malawi)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Blantyre-Chileka Airport (BLZ/FWCL), Malawi
Destination airport:Antananarivo-Arivonimamo Airport (TNR/FMMA), Madagascar
Narrative:
Flew into the side of Chiradzulu Mountain.

Classification:

Sources:
» St. Joseph Gazette - Oct 20, 1958
» Le livre d'or de l'aviation malgache/J.P.Pénette & C.Pénette Lohau
» The Nyasaland Times 4-11-1958


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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 Blantyre-Chileka Airport to Antananarivo-Arivonimamo Airport as the crow flies is 1342 km (838 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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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