| Date: | Monday 26 September 2005 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | YV1020 |
| MSN: | 106 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 529-8X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | near San Andrés -
 Colombia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The G-159 was detected on an illegal airstrip by Colombian Air Force planes. Two tons of cocaine were being loaded onto the plane when the two Cessna A-37 Dragonfly jets and a Bell 212 Rapaz helicopter destroyed the runway as well as the airplane. The airplane was considered damaged beyond repair and set afire by the authorities.
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