ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176774
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 December 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Gulfstream 695A Jetprop Commander 1000 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near San Blas, NAY -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Cali |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The plane was carrying drugs and was shot at by Mexican anti-drugs authorities while trying to land at a clandestine airstrip in the state of Nayarit south of the coastal resort of Mazatlan.
The plane later crashed into the Pacific Ocean while attempting to land on a beach near the Nayarit town of San Blas. All the occupants are missing and presumed dead, Mexican officials said.
Also reported as a Super King Air 200... off Rincón de Guayabitos, NAY...part of a group of four airplanes **
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/08/world/mexican-police-shooting-down-drug-planes-officials-declare.html
El Informador 27 January 1990, p11A **
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jun-2015 14:45 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Apr-2018 17:59 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 09-Jun-2018 17:53 | TB | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2019 16:59 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2021 11:48 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Sep-2023 19:49 | harro | Updated [[Operator]] |
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