Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 JUN 1953 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47B-5-DK |
| Operator: | Lineas Aéreas Costarricenses - LACSA |
| Registration: | TI-1002 |
| C/n / msn: | 14633/26078 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | San Ramon Mts. (Costa Rica) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Palmar Sur Airport (PMZ/MRPM), Costa Rica |
| San Isidro de el General (MRSI), Costa Rica |
Crashed into a mountainside in poor weather.
Sources:
» ICAO Circular 39-AN/34 (170)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
