Accident description
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| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 NOV 1998 |
| Time: | 14:30 CST |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3C) |
| Operator: | Living Water Teaching Ministries |
| Registration: | N3FY |
| C/n / msn: | 20562 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 16 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Quetzaltenango (Guatemala) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Playa Grande Airport (PKJ), Guatemala |
| Quetzaltenango Airport (MGQZ), Guatemala |
The DC-3 was on a flight from Playa Grande when it crashed into mountainous terrain near Quetzaltenango Airport. Instrument meteorological conditions (thick fog and rain) prevailed and no flight plan was reported filed. The bad weather was due to the tropical depression Mitch.
The plane carried doctors from the Christian Agua Viva missionary group who had done medical relief work in Playa Grande.
Sources:
» NTSB id MIA99WA023
» Tommy Maurer, Phil Brooks
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