Date: | Thursday 27 August 1992 |
Time: | 09:45 |
Type: | Fairchild C-123K Provider |
Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña |
Registration: | FAES121 |
MSN: | 20192 ? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 14 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Metapán -
El Salvador
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft crashed after an engine failed during a parachuting exercise. Twelve occupants were found dead and two were missing.
The msn 20192 is unconfirmed. One source indicates that this airframe went to Air America as ST-3 while another source states it went to the El Salvador Air Force as FAES121. ST-3 was involved in a fatal accident on 13 May 1974.
Sources:
El Informador 28 August 1992, p1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
13 May 1974 |
ST-3 |
Air America |
0 |
6,5 km S of Tay Ninh |
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w/o |
Location
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