Accident de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver 31,
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Date:Thursday 24 September 1959
Time:19:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic DHC2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
Owner/operator:Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria (FAR)
Registration: 31
MSN: 1228
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Jagüey Grande, Matanzas -   Cuba
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Ciudad Libertad (18:30)
Destination airport:Santa Clará
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Cuban Air Force plane "Beaber numero 31" crashed in flames during a storm in Matanzas province. Pilot and four others perished. *Rescue workers said the body of a woman also was found, presumably a resident of the area killed by the falling wreckage, **but was later corrected to a body of a long-haired revolutionary officer.

Sources:

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 26 September 1959, p3 *
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00001565/00229/1 +7B
St. Petersburg Times 26 September 1959, p3A **

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Nov-2017 14:22 TB Added
23-Jun-2018 07:12 TB Updated [Date, Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source]
23-Jun-2018 08:15 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative]
29-Jul-2018 12:13 TB Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
21-May-2022 19:28 TB Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]

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