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| Date: | Sunday 22 January 1956 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  North American P-51D Mustang |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Costarricense |
| Registration: | 3 |
| MSN: | 124-48139 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | El Coco Airport -
 Costa Rica
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | El Coco Airport |
| El Coco Airport |
Crashed when the pilot, Capt Amado Conejo Solís, misjudged his altitude as he landed after performing a loop.
Sources:
Central American and Caribbean Air Forces / by Dan Hagedorn
La Nacion 24 January 1956, p1+10
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 May 1950 | 45-11384 | United States Air Force - USAF | 1 | 3 Mi SW Salt Lake City MAP, UT |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2011 13:34 | harro | Added |
| 06-Aug-2015 19:57 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, ] |
| 26-Nov-2016 18:13 | TB | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2021 16:34 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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