Date: | Tuesday 24 May 1988 |
Time: | 07:00 |
Type: | Douglas DC-6B |
Owner/operator: | Aeronica - Aerolineas Nicaraguenses |
Registration: | YN-CBE |
MSN: | 45175/832 |
Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Cerro Fábrega -
Panama
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Panama City-Omar Torrijos International Airport (PTY/MPTO) |
Destination airport: | Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport (MGA/MNMG) |
Narrative:The DC-6 cargo plane departed Panama City-Omar Torrijos Airport at 05:49 on a flight to Managua, Nicaragua. Last radio contact was with a controller at Puerto Limón, Costa Rica at 06:53.
The wreckage was found in May 1989 on Cerro Fábrega. The aircraft had impacted the mountain at 2808 meters altitude, about 700 meters below the top.
Sources:
La Nación 25 May 1988, p11A
La Nación 23 May 1989, p8A
La Nación 5 June 1989, p10A
La Nación 15 August 1989, p28A
La Nación 17 August 1989, p1+10A
La Nación 20 August 1989, p1+8A
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