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Aircraft
Crashes Record Office
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Bureau d'Archives
des Accidents Aéronautiques
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Accident description
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Date & Time
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14SEP2008 at 1318LT
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Type of Aircraft
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Operator
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Volare Air Charter Company
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Registration
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N7560Q
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Location
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San Antonio El Bravo
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Flight number
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Schedule
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El Paso - Presidio
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Construction number
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421B-0346
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Year of manufacture
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1973 ?
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Crew on board
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1
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Pax on board
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3
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Crew fatalities
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1
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Pax fatalities
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3
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Other fatalities
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0
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Total fatalities
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4
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Circumstances
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The aircraft and its occupants were performing a survey flight from El Paso to Presidio under the IBWC - International Boundary & Water Commission. During flight and in unknown circumstances, the twin engine aircraft crashed in a desertic region located in the mexican State of Chihuahua, 10 km from US Border. All four occupants were killed. They should make the surveillance of the Rio Grande river after the release of a dam located upstream from El Paso. Accident caused by CFIT. |
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