Incident Douglas C-47 (DC-3) ? ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347283
 
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Date:Friday 11 March 1949
Time:afternoon
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47 (DC-3) ?
Owner/operator:Flota Aérea Nicaragüense (FANSA)
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bonanza -   Nicaragua
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Bonanza -San Pedro Airport (MNBZ) ?
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Airplane of FANSA made a forced landing at "La Bonanza". Pilot Ten Segundo Montoya and his adjudant Cadet Román Ocampo were considerable injured. Ocampo was without unconsciousness the following days. The airplane was serious damaged.

Note: Montoya survived the crash of TACA AN-ACC at La Libertad, as the co-pilot, 22 APR 1946, together with pilot Raúl Velasco and a boy (13).

Note: NC56800 (cn4589) ? AN-ADJ ntu ?
ATDB (old edition): AN-ADJ(1) FANSA "destroyed Monte Carmelo", no c/n, date 15 JUL 1950
ATDB (new edition): AN-ADJ FANSA "destroyed Monte Carmelo", no c/n, no date
Monte Carmelo is a landscape SE of Bonanza and N of Rosita and about 150 km W of Puerto Cabezas

Sources:

La Noticia (Managua) 12 March 1949, p1 (Statement of FANSA)
https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1371-1-49-60 (image 241)
La Noticia (Managua) 15 March 1949, p1 (image 249)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Oct-2023 14:33 TB Added
26-Oct-2023 14:46 TB Updated
28-Oct-2023 07:39 TB Updated
05-Dec-2023 14:57 TB Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
05-Dec-2023 18:29 TB Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Dec-2023 18:37 TB Updated [Narrative]

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