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| Date: | Wednesday 1 September 1999 |
| Time: | 10:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 404 Titan Ambassador II |
| Owner/operator: | Northern Air |
| Registration: | 5H-NAT |
| MSN: | 404-0805 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Continental GTISO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mount Meru, Arusha -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Seronera Airstrip, Serengeti NP |
| Kilimanjaro International Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on the southwestern slopes of Mount Meru at about the 8,000 ft. level in poor visibility. Pilot age 39, 16,500 hrs.
Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X19785&key=1
http://www.tcaa.go.tz/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 October 1986 | HK-2591-P | private | 3 | near Bogotá |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jan-2011 16:39 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Aug-2011 13:50 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jun-2016 06:05 | juni01 | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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