
Descripción:
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
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | sábado 20 septiembre 1980 |
| Tipo: |  Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando |
| Operador: | Unknown |
| Registración: | HI-197 |
| Numéro de série: | 26716 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1943 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 6 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | de la costa de Peninsula de La Guajira ( Colombia)
|
| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Ilegal |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | ? |
| ? |
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.
Fuentes:
» El Tiempo 22 September 1980, p3AFotos
accident date: 20-09-1980
type: Curtiss C-46A Commando
registration: HI-197
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