Salisbury – Salisbury

On October 5, 1956 at 12:00 AM, Salisbury – Salisbury experienced a crash involving Vickers Viking, operated by Central African Airways - CAA, with the event recorded near Harare Harare Province.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in a local training sortie at Salisbury Airport. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing, the airplane went out of control and crashed 3 km from the airfield. Both pilots were killed. It is believed the accident was caused by an error on part of the copilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration VP-YMO, MSN 227, year of manufacture 1947.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -17.8261°, 31.0495°.