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| Date: | Wednesday 19 July 1978 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 18 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N..... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near El Retén (Magdalena) -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into fuel truck at Pivijay while failed to taking off from finca Vista Hermosa. Cargo of mariuana. Four on ground died. Two US citizen suffered injuries and burns. One died two days later. Registration as "N-7939-A" in press report. Type not confirmed, but possible.
Sources:
El Tiempo 20 July 1978, p1+11A/17 August 1978, p9A
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2017 17:43 | TB | Added |
| 20-Apr-2017 18:02 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Apr-2017 19:55 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Apr-2017 07:58 | TB | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Apr-2017 14:25 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
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