Date: | Saturday 24 March 1984 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-3C |
Owner/operator: | Unknown |
Registration: | N62WS |
MSN: | 12005 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Ciudad Quesada -
Costa Rica
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed in a mountainous area of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica. The airplane was carrying a load of weapons for the Nicaraguan Contras militia.
The aircraft carried the fake registration "CF-ETE".
Sources:
La Nacion 10 April 1984, p1+10A La Nación 8 April 1984, p1+8A
Skywar.ru La Nacion 9 April 1984, p1 Statistics
- 51st worst accident in 1984
- 749th worst accident of this aircraft type
- 734th worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
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