Dar es-Salaam - Zanzibar

On May 18, 1992 at 05:59 AM, Dar es-Salaam - Zanzibar experienced a crash involving Cessna 414 Chancellor, operated by Tanzanair - Tanzanian Air Services, with the event recorded near Zanzibar Unguja North Region.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While approaching Zanzibar Airport by night on a positioning flight from Dar es-Salaam, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed in the sea off Chenguu Island, few hundred metres offshore. The pilot, sole on board was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5H-TZS, MSN 414-0951, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -5.8778°, 39.3526°.