Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Jun 30, 2007, Mat...
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on June 30, 2007 near Matambwe, Morogoro, Tanzania with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined. No official...
- Date: June 30, 2007
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Matambwe, Morogoro, Tanzania
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. No official investigation findings were found; accounts differ on whether the pilot was going around or had aborted a landing.
A Piper Navajo chartered to take five Finnish tourists to the Matambwe airstrip in the Selous Game Reserve struck trees beyond the runway end during a go-around and burst into flames. All six occupants were injured, two seriously, and the aircraft was destroyed by fire.