Cape Town – Amsterdam

On August 23, 1934 at 12:00 AM, Cape Town – Amsterdam experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth, operated by David Dear, with the event recorded near Tukuyu Mbeya Region.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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 pilot was completing a solo flight from Cape Town to Amsterdam. While overflying Tanzania, the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located on the Inporoto mountain, near Tukuyu, bursting into flames. The pilot J. J. van der Leeuw was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ACLX, MSN 7036, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -9.2559°, 33.6459°.