Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 03 JUN 2006 |
| Type: | Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I |
| Operator: | Transcontinental Aviation Inc. |
| Registration: | N183K |
| C/n / msn: | 84 |
| First flight: | 1962-01-25 (44 years 5 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Necoclí Airport (NCI) (Colombia) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport (MDE/SKRG), Colombia |
| Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY/MPTO), Panama |
The airplane was destroyed by Colombian forces after having been forced to land at Necoclí, Colombia. The airplane had strayed off course en route to Panama and was forced to land Necoclí by the Fuerza Aérea de Colombia. The crew fled the scene. The airplane was destroyed because it was used in activities related to the transport of illicit drugs.
Sources:
» Autoridades colombianas detienen avión proveniente de Panamá
» Una aeronave ilegal fue destruida por la policía antinarcóticos en Antioquia (Radio Santa Fé)
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport to Panama City-Tocumen International Airport as the crow flies is 540 km (338 miles).
Distance from Rionegro/Medellín-José María Córdova Airport to Panama City-Tocumen International Airport as the crow flies is 540 km (338 miles).
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.
