Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 21 May 1994
Aircraft Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-5D Buffalo
Owner/operator: Tanzanian People’s Defence Force
Registration Number: JW9024
Location: near Bukoba Airport (BKZ) –
ÿ Tanzania
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants:
Component Affected: WingWing
Category: Accident
A single wing struck a tree during final approach, resulting in a crash into a clinic and subsequent fire.A single wing struck a tree during final approach, resulting in a crash into a clinic and subsequent fire.
Description
One of the wings struck a tree on final approach; the aircraft crashed into a clinic and caught fire.
Primary Cause
Wing strike during final approach.Wing strike during final approach.Share on:
