Narrative:
A Dominican Republic-registered C-46 transport plane crashed at night into the sea off the Guajira Peninsula. All six on board were rescued.
The airplane was apparently used on a drug trafficking flight.
accident date: 20-09-1980
type: Curtiss C-46A Commando
registration: HI-197
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 20 September 1980 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando |
| Operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | HI-197 |
| MSN: | 26716 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Peninsula de La Guajira ( Colombia)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
A Dominican Republic-registered C-46 transport plane crashed at night into the sea off the Guajira Peninsula. All six on board were rescued.
The airplane was apparently used on a drug trafficking flight.
Sources:
» El Tiempo 22 September 1980, p3APhotos
accident date: 20-09-1980
type: Curtiss C-46A Commando
registration: HI-197
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