ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329572
| Date: | Sunday 3 August 1975 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Nicaragua |
| Registration: | 412 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Punta Amapala -
 El Salvador
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Veracruz-Las Bajadas Airport (VER/MMVR) |
| San Salvador/Ilopango International Airport (SAL/MSSS) |
Bad weather forced the C-47 to divert from Ilopango to an alternate airport. The aircraft crashed into the Pacific as a result of fuel exhaustion.
The airplane operated on a flight from Veracruz, Mexico to Managua, Nicaragua with an en route stop at San Salvador.
Sources:
Scramble 290
El Siglo de Torreon 4 August 1975, p.1
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