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| Date: | Tuesday 31 May 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  XtremeAir XA41 Sbach 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Marksmen Aerobatic Team |
| Registration: | ZU-XAX |
| MSN: | 03 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Harare-Charles Prince Airport (FVCP) -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Harare-Charles Prince Airport (FVCP) |
| Harare-Charles Prince Airport (FVCP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
An XtremeAir XA41 Sbach 300 crashed during a solo display at Charles Prince Airport (FVCP), Harare
Pilot Mark "Sammy" Sampson died and the aircraft was destroyed.
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Sources:
https://www.zimlive.com/2022/05/31/pilot-killed-in-charles-prince-airport-aerobatics-air-show-crash/
https://iharare.com/watch-the-horrible-moment-when-a-plane-crashed-at-harares-charles-prince-airport/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ls9vQND6ho
FlyAfrica
AvCom
https://www.marksmenaero.com/Pictures/slides/Marksmen12-1600w.webp (photo)
History of this aircraft
Ex D-EMKF
Location
Media:
Today at Charles Prince Airport, Harare. Plane crash during Air Display, Pilot died on spot. pic.twitter.com/vhBj6l22Nf
— Wellence Mujuru (@WellenceMujuru) May 31, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2022 18:27 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 31-May-2022 18:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 31-May-2022 19:23 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 31-May-2022 19:29 | harro | Updated [Location, ] |
| 31-May-2022 19:31 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 31-May-2022 22:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 31-May-2022 22:40 | RobertMB | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 02-Jun-2022 21:44 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
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