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Crash of a Douglas C-47A-1-DK near Ciudad Quesada: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1984
Operator:
Registration:
N62WS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
12005
YOM:
1943
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing a flight from the US to Nicaragua, carrying seven people and a load of weapons and ammunitions for the Contras in Nicaragua. En route, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in a mountainous area located near Ciudad Quesada. All seven occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was flying with a wrong registration CF-ETE while the correct reg was N62WS.