Last updated: 5 August 2021
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| Date: | Saturday 28 March 1970 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | DETA Moçambique Airlines |
| Registration: | CR-AIB |
| MSN: | 10205 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14864 |
| Cycles: | 10147 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lourenço Marques Airport (MPM) ( Mozambique)
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| Crash site elevation: | 44 m (144 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Lourenço Marques Airport (MPM/FQMA), Mozambique |
| Lourenço Marques Airport (MPM/FQMA), Mozambique |
After over flying Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) Airport's runway 23 at low speed with the no. 2 prop feathered and the landing gear down, the F-27 banked to the right and crashed 450 m to the right and 750 m from the threshold.
Sources:
» Willem Wendt» José Vilhena
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accident date: 28-03-1970
type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
registration: CR-AIB
accident date: 28-03-1970
type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
registration: CR-AIB
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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.
