Bukoba - Zanzibar - Dar es-Salaam

On August 22, 2013 at 12:00 AM, Bukoba - Zanzibar - Dar es-Salaam experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, operated by Tanzanair - Tanzanian Air Services, with the event recorded near Lake Manyara Manyara.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route to Zanzibar, while cruising at an altitude of 21,000 feet, the right engine failed. The pilot decided to divert to Arusha Airport when few minutes later, while passing 16,000 feet on descent, the left engine failed as well. The pilot attempted to ditch the aircraft into Lake Manyara. The aircraft belly landed and came to rest in shallow water, bent in two. All seven occupants were rescued by fishermen and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5H-TZW, MSN BL-17, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -3.6222°, 35.8065°.