ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327457
| Date: | Saturday 24 March 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3C |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | N62WS |
| MSN: | 12005 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Ciudad Quesada -
 Costa Rica
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed in a mountainous area of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica. The airplane was carrying a load of weapons for the Nicaraguan Contras militia.
The aircraft carried the fake registration "CF-ETE".
Sources:
La Nacion 10 April 1984, p1+10A
La Nación 8 April 1984, p1+8A
Skywar.ru
La Nacion 9 April 1984, p1
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