Mozambique

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Registration:

R3702

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Mapai - Harare

MSN:

13965/25310

YOM:

1944

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Aircraft flight hours:

9522

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Shortly after takeoff from Mapai Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane was shot down by a RPG7 and crashed in flames in a field. The captain was killed while three other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire.
Crew:
Bruce Collocott, pilot, †
Jerry Lynch, copilot +2.

Probable cause:

Shot down by ground fire.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-75-DL near Mueda

Date & Time: May 6, 1974 at 1358 LT

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Registration:

6175

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Flight

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Rockwell Shrike Commander 500

Schedule:

Nangade - Nampula

MSN:

19393

YOM:

1944

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En route from Nangade to Nampula, the airplane was hit by a SAM-7 missile (Strella) that struck the right engine. The crew decided to divert to Mueda but was eventually forced to attempt an emergency landing on the short training runway of Nacatári-Chapa. After landing, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance (too short runway), overran and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

Probable cause:

Shot down by ground fire.

Crash of a Rockwell 500S Shrike Commander in Mueda: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1974

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Registration:

CR-AOC

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Ferry

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Porto Amélia - Mueda

MSN:

500-3136

YOM:

1972

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On final approach to Mueda Airstrip by night, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and the pilot, sole on board, was killed. He was completing a ferry flight from Porto Amélia and the aircraft was operated by Empresa de Transportes Aéreos de Porto Amélia (ETAPA).

Crash of a Douglas VC-47B in Vila Cabral

Date & Time: Jan 8, 1974

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Registration:

6162

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Mueda - Vila Cabral

MSN:

14134/25579

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1944

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On final approach to Vila Cabral, the airplane was shot down by ground fire and crash landed. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire on approach.

Crash of a Nord 2502F Noratlas in Tete

Date & Time: Jul 4, 1973

Type of aircraft:

Nord 2501 Noratlas

Operator:

Registration:

6410

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Site:

Plain, Valley

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YOM:

1953

Location:

Tete

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Mozambique

Region:

Africa

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Crashed in unknown circumstances. Crew fate remains unknown.

Crash of a Nord 2502F Noratlas in Mueda: 11 killed

Date & Time: May 2, 1973 at 1830 LT

Type of aircraft:

Nord 2501 Noratlas

Operator:

Registration:

6411

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Transportes Aéreos de Tete

Schedule:

Porto Amélia - Mueda

MSN:

F.5

YOM:

1953

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On approach to Mueda Airport, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions with low clouds and limited visibility. The pilot-in-command descended too low on final when the airplane struck the ground and crashed short of runway 16 threshold. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 11 occupants were killed, among them two civilians and two officers.

Probable cause:

Too low approach in marginal weather conditions.

Crash of a Britten-Norman BN-2A-3 Islander in Tete

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1972

Type of aircraft:

Britten-Norman Islander

Operator:

Registration:

CR-AMX

Flight Phase:

Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)

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Maputo - Tete

MSN:

636

YOM:

1971

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Tete

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Mozambique

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Africa

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Crashed upon landing at Tete Airport, while carrying three Military Officers from Maputo. All four occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Fokker F27 Friendship 200 in Lourenço Marques: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1970

Type of aircraft:

Fokker F27 Friendship

Operator:

Registration:

CR-AIB

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

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Lourenço Marques - Lourenço Marques

MSN:

10205

YOM:

1962

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Aircraft flight hours:

14864

Aircraft flight cycles:

10147

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After overflying Lourenço Marques Airport's runway 23 at low speed with the right propeller feathered and the landing gear down, the airplane banked right and crashed in flames 450 meters to the right of the runway and 750 meters from the threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were killed.

Crash of a Douglas C-47A-20-DK in Mueda: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 21, 1968

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Registration:

6167

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