Britten-Norman Islander crash, Mar 27, 2017 (6 killed), M...
Britten-Norman Islander accident on March 27, 2017 near Mutare, Manicaland, Zimbabwe with 6 fatalities. Cause: ASN: controlled flight into terrain...
- Date: March 27, 2017
- Aircraft: Britten-Norman Islander
- Location: Mutare, Manicaland, Zimbabwe
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: ASN: controlled flight into terrain while descending in marginal weather toward Mutare.
A Britten Norman Islander on a charter from Beira to Harare with a stop at Mutare, carrying executives of a Mozambican company, struck a mountain slope in the Vumba Botanical Reserve while descending in marginal weather. All six people on board were killed. The ASN record lists controlled flight into terrain as the probable cause.