ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320673
Date: | Saturday 5 October 2013 |
Time: | 01:00 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-8-202 |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | N356PH |
MSN: | 502 |
Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW123D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Acandí, Chocó Province -
Colombia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A U.S. DHC-8 military surveillance plane crashed near Acandí, Chocó Province, Colombia, killing four occupants. Both pilots survived.
The airplane operated on a maritime counter-drug patrol mission in the Panama-Colombian border area.
The identity of the plane has not been confirmed.
Sources:
Prensa Exclusive: A Secret Mission, a One-Eyed Pilot, a Fiery Crash in Colombia (Vocativ, 16-12-2013) Location
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