Last updated: 20 January 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 7 July 2020 |
| Type: |  Hawker 800XP |
| Operator: | private |
| Registration: | N339AV |
| C/n / msn: | 258255 |
| First flight: | 1994 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7850 |
| Cycles: | 6000 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-5R-1H |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | within Venezuela ( Venezuela)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The plane was destroyed by Venezuelan armed forces. It was engaged in transporting drugs.
Sources:
» talcualdigital.comPhotos
Video, social media
??#ULTIMAHORA|| #CEOFANB informa que el @CODAI_FANB, detectó en la medianoche del #07JUL20 el ingreso de una Narcoaeronave con matrícula #EEUU a nuestro espacio aéreo y una vez aplicado el protocolo de Ley se procedió a su NEUTRALIZACIÓN con aeronaves de nuestra Aviación Militar. pic.twitter.com/6JtCVLj8bo
— @ceofanb (@Libertad020) July 8, 2020
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
