| Date: | Thursday 6 March 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Suidair |
| Registration: | ZS-BJZ |
| MSN: | 9131 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lapula River -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
Forced landed on the banks of the Lapula River. The DC-3 ended up in 2 feet of water.
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 September 1964 | G-AOFZ | British Midland Airways - BMA | 0 | Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands (GCI) |  |
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| 17 August 1966 | G-AOFZ | Gulf Aviation | 0 | near Azaiba Airfield |  |
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