Incident Cessna A185E Skywagon LN-MAS,
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Date:Saturday 11 October 1986
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic C185 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna A185E Skywagon
Owner/operator:Etne Management AS
Registration: LN-MAS
MSN: 18501938
Year of manufacture:1972
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hombolo -   Tanzania
Phase: Take off
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Hombolo airstrip
Destination airport:Tabora
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Smashed into a crowd of spectators during unsuccessful take-off from a dusty airstrip. Occupants, among Mother Teresa (76), remained unjured. Registration canx 13.09.2004 due to this accident.

Sources:

Flynytt 6/2004, p75
Hamburger Abendblatt 13 October 1986
https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/12/world/around-the-world-mother-teresa-unhurt-in-tanzania-air-crash.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Sep-2017 19:32 TB Added
13-Sep-2017 13:22 TB Updated [Cn, Operator]
06-Mar-2018 21:08 TB Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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