Accident Apollo Monsoon UL1070,
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Date:Tuesday 18 August 2020
Time:18:00
Type:Apollo Monsoon
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: UL1070
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Quebrada Cruz de Hueso -   Peru
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Aeródromo Lib Mandi (SMG / SPLX)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The ultralight plane with two occupants is missing. Search operations are being conducted. Two helmets were found in the sea by a fisherman. Both occupants are presumed to have died in the crash.
A few days later, a body was found on a beach presumably belonging to one of the occupants of the ultralight plane. In September 2020 a second body was found belonging to one of the occupants of the ultralight plane.

Sources:

https://diariocorreo.pe/edicion/lima/reportan-desaparicion-de-avioneta-ultraligera-con-dos-ocupantes-en-san-bartolo-extranjeros-chilca-noticia/
https://bozzina.com/sociedad/2020/08/20/pucusana-pescador-encontro-cascos-de-tripulantes-de-avioneta-desaparecida/
http://www.halley.hu/apollo.php?kat_nev=Apollo%20Monsoon
http://www.notiamazonia.com/actualidad/peru-hallan-cuerpo-de-posible-ocupante-de-aeronave-donde-volaba-el-padre-de-cantante-gabriela-villalba/
https://caretas.pe/nacional/san-bartolo-hallan-cuerpo-del-segundo-ocupante-de-la-avioneta-desaparecida/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Aug-2020 07:06 gerard57 Added
21-Aug-2020 06:24 gerard57 Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
21-Aug-2020 18:40 Riki15234 Updated [Departure airport]
24-Aug-2020 19:47 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
28-Aug-2020 09:22 gerard57 Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative]
07-Sep-2020 09:10 gerard57 Updated [Source, Narrative]

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