| Date: | Monday 21 December 1987 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6BF |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronica - Aerolineas Nicaraguenses |
| Registration: | YN-BFO |
| MSN: | 45324/963 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Boca San Carlos -
 Costa Rica
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport (MGA/MNMG) |
| Panama City-Tocumen International Airport (PTY/MPTO) |
The no. 3 engine suddenly separated with a loud bang during cruise. The no. 4 engine fire warning sounded and the crew attempted to extinguish the fire and feather the prop. The prop wouldn't feather. The cargo was then jettisoned and the aircraft was ditched in a river.
Sources:
La Nación 22 December 1987, p8A
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); October 1978
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