Mombasa – Nairobi

On July 20, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Mombasa – Nairobi experienced a crash involving Avro 652 Anson, operated by Airwork East Africa, with the event recorded near Arusha Arusha Region.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 human factor. The pilot John de Winton Tharp was performing a cargo flight from Mombasa to Nairobi. En route, weather conditions worsened. In rain falls, he decided to reduce his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing when the airplane hit a tree and crashed in flames about 8 km north of Arusha. The airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire and the sole occupant was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VP-KHT.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -2.8901°, 36.5364°.