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Old 24th Oct 2006, 15:31
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Chieftain down in Botswana 16 March 2006

Anyone know anything of a Chieftain going down in Botswana back in March?

Supposedly lost a engine out of Francistown and hit an obstacle putting down on a road and caught fire. All aboard OK but aircraft destroyed.

reg and operator known by anyone?
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Google came up with the following:

SA plane crashes near F/town
29 March, 2006

GABORONE - The Ministry of Works Transport says an air crash involving a South African aircraft occurred on March 16 at Masekwa near Francistown.

A press statement from the ministry says a crew and six passengers escaped with minor injuries. They were rushed to Nyangagbwe Hospital and released the same day.

The aircraft was coming from Sua Town en-route to Lanseria Airport near Johannesburg when the crew reported some technical problem and made an attempt to force land on the road.

On executing the forced land, the pilot did not manage to do so and a post-impact fire ensured. A team of Air Safety Investigators from the Department of Civil Aviation arrived at the scene in the early hours the following day, says the press release.

Investigations on the plane crash are continuing. BOPA
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Old 25th Oct 2006, 19:04
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The operator was::

The operator was Progress air at Lanseria, the aircraft was well maintained and owned by the owner of Progress.We used the aircraft a few times seemed in good nick.Pilot did very well.Ps this was a PIPER NAVAJO, im not sure that this is the same crash as the one in March as stated above but I know Progress lost there Navajo in the above manner a few months ago .
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me thinks it was this one, thanks for the input

16mar06 ZS-JXK PA-31 31-7612077 Progress Air
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