Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Aug 6, 2019, Kilindoni (...
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on August 6, 2019 near Kilindoni (Mafia Island), Pwani Region, Tanzania with no fatalities.
- Date: August 6, 2019
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Kilindoni (Mafia Island), Pwani Region, Tanzania
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
A Tropical Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed shortly after takeoff from Kilindoni on Mafia Island on a scheduled flight to Dar es Salaam and burned. All nine occupants escaped the aircraft before the fire took hold and six were taken to hospital. The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority sent an investigation team, and no cause had been published.