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Boeing 747SP accident near Mopzambique, Mz, October 5, 1998

On October 5, 1998, a Boeing 747SP, registered ZSSPF, was involved in an accident near Mopzambique. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under foreign airline rules (Part 129). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.

The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
October 5, 1998
Place
Mopzambique, Mozambique
Type
Accident
Injuries
No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
Weather
not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 747SP · all 747SPs on the register
Registration
ZSSPF · no longer on the register
Damage
Not recorded
Flight
Flight of an unrecorded kind · foreign airline rules (Part 129)

The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

The aircraft

  • Landing gear: fixed

Injuries

FatalSeriousMinorNone
Crew3

Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report

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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.