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| Date: | Thursday 24 September 1959 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria (FAR) |
| Registration: | 31 |
| MSN: | 1228 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jagüey Grande, Matanzas -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ciudad Libertad (18:30) |
| Santa Clará |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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