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| Date: | Wednesday 18 June 2025 |
| Time: | c. 13:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II |
| Owner/operator: | Fly Zanzibar |
| Registration: | 5H-MZB |
| MSN: | 34-7970162 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ/HTZA), Zanzibar -
 Tanzania
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Dar es Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR/HTDA) |
| Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ/HTZA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II, 5H-MZB, experienced a nose gear malfunction and made a nose down emergency landing at runway 18 at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ/HTZA), Zanzibar.
The fire brigade covered the first part of runway 18 with foam before the aircraft landed.
Sources:
https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/fly-zanzibar-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-after-landing-gear-failure-5087620
https://photos.flightaware.com/photos/retriever/45f78ae3b21989e5b0edc106b680a4d126f74ea4
History of this aircraft
Ex ZS-LXD, 9J-LXD, N2120V
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2025 06:10 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-Jun-2025 08:12 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 20-Jun-2025 11:46 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 19-Jul-2025 11:52 | Captain Adam | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
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