Salisbury – Zambezi

On December 13, 1947 at 12:00 AM, Salisbury – Zambezi experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, operated by Central African Airways - CAA, with the event recorded near Zambezi North-Western.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Crashed on approach to Zambezi Airport for unknown reason. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all six occupants were slightly injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration VP-YBK, MSN 6359, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -13.5501°, 23.1152°.