Incident Beechcraft B90 King Air N590SA,
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Date:Wednesday 14 October 2020
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE9L model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft B90 King Air
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N590SA
MSN: LJ-401
Year of manufacture:1968
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Retalhuleu -   Guatemala
Phase: Landing
Nature:Illegal Flight
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A crashed and abandoned plane was found in Retalhuleu, Guatemala. It had been used for transporting drugs.
The aircraft carried falsified registration marks N450JG. The original registration was cancelled by the FAA on 6 October 2020 as "exported to Mexico".

Sources:

https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/justicia/ejercito-resguarda-avioneta-hallada-en-retalhuleu-a-la-espera-de-agentes-antinarcoticos/
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=590SA

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Oct-2020 20:11 gerard57 Added
14-Oct-2020 20:22 gerard57 Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative]
14-Oct-2020 20:23 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2020 20:32 harro Updated [Embed code]
17-Oct-2020 14:56 stephenrudge Updated [Registration, Cn, Embed code]
17-Oct-2020 14:57 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative]

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