Date:	Tuesday 3 July 2012
Time:
Type:	Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II
Owner/operator:	Unknown (illegal flight)
Registration:	PT-OFH
MSN:	31T-7920034
Year of manufacture:	1979
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Catacamas, Olancho province -   Honduras
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Illegal Flight
Departure airport:	Colombia
Destination airport:	Honduras
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Crew was performing an illegal flight with 600 kilos of cocaine on board. Accident occurred in unknown circumstances in the Olancho Province, Honduras. As the copilot was injured, the captain was killed in the crash. Aircraft was carrying a Colombian flag at the time of the accident, with a Brazilian registration. According to a rough translation into English of a contemporary newspaper report (see link #3 for the original text):

"FAC stopped plane with a ton of cocaine

Operation was carried out jointly between the Colombian Air Force, the United States and the Police of Honduras.

This operation resulted in the detection and immobilization of a twin-engine aircraft type PA-31, presumably at the service of drug trafficking, carrying a ton of cocaine.

The aircraft, with registration PT-OFH, was detected by the early warning of the Colombian Air Force, in the Caribbean Sea making a suspicious flight.

Once the aircraft was detected by the Colombian Air Force, alert was given to Honduran authorities, who located the aircraft with the information provided by the Institution, and managed to immobilize it, in accordance with the procedures established with that country as of June 2011.

At the time of landing, the aircraft hit the ground presenting a plane fracture and damage to its undercarriage. One crewman was killed and another was injured. The latter was made available to the Honduran authorities.

As a result of the Operation, the seizure of 33 boxes was obtained, with approximately one tonne of cocaine."

1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsworld.php?id=677861]
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.inewsone.com/2012/07/04/drug-laden-plane-crashes-in-honduras/139651]
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-12003962.html]
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/2012/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-cheyenne-in-honduras-1-killed/]
http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/antigua.php?news_id=34606&start=0&category_id=4

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Jul-2012 23:21	gerard57	Added
03-Jul-2012 23:23	gerard57	Updated [Source, Narrative]
06-Jul-2012 01:05	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source]
18-Sep-2017 22:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
02-Oct-2017 11:36	gerard57	Updated [Location, Source]
29-Oct-2019 16:53	Uli Elch	Updated [Operator]