Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Nov 1, 1997 (1 killed)
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on November 1, 1997 near Mt Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania with 1 fatality. Cause: Controlled...
- Date: November 1, 1997
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Mt Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain for unknown reasons.
The Air Zanzibar Navajo departed Nairobi Wilson for Zanzibar on a VFR flight carrying one pilot and cargo. It missed its arrival and never reached Zanzibar. The wreckage was found in the Kibo crater on Kilimanjaro in 2003, about 30 nautical miles off track.