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| Date: | Friday 5 September 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 |
| Owner/operator: | Transportes Aereos del Norte (TAN) |
| Registration: | TI-278-C |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cerro Chirripó -
 Costa Rica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | San Jose (03:30) |
| Puerto Limón | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Disappeared. Pilot Carlos Albarracin. Found crashed into mountain side a few days later.
Sources:
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010883/02667/
La Nacion 14 September 1958, p10/17 September 1958, p20+21
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Feb-2016 17:11 | TB | Added |
| 19-Feb-2017 18:38 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 19-Feb-2017 19:10 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Feb-2017 19:53 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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