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| Date: | Friday 2 February 2018 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee B |
| Owner/operator: | NIT Flying School |
| Registration: | 5H-TFD |
| MSN: | 28-25778 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Abeid Amani Karume Int Airport, Zanzibar -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Zanzibar-Kisauni Airport (ZNZ/HTZA) |
| Zanzibar-Kisauni Airport (ZNZ/HTZA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft impacted terrain after took off, it was a test flight. A fire erupted.
2 occupants died, pilote (64) and a engineer (26).
Sources:
photo; local sources
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2034857210132998&set=a.1463028713982520.1073741826.100008262168091&type=3&permPage=1
http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/More-details-emerge-on-tragic-Zanzibar-plane-crash/1840340-4289776-12dqi56z/index.html
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http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000592698.html
Media:
More details emerge on tragic Zanzibar plane crash https://t.co/JKxNMa3Cr4 pic.twitter.com/g8ut9JzcRf
— The Citizen Tanzania (@TheCitizenTZ) 3 février 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2018 08:30 | harro | Added |
| 03-Feb-2018 08:31 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 09:27 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 09:30 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Embed code, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 09:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 12:25 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 03-Feb-2018 15:56 | Geno | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 04-Feb-2018 13:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 29-May-2022 23:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
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