Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 24 March 1984
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-3C
Owner/operator: Unknown
Registration Number: N62WS
Location: near Ciudad Quesada –
ÿ Costa Rica
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A plane carrying weapons for the Nicaraguan Contras militia crashed in a mountainous area of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica. The aircraft was registered with registration ‘CF-ETE’.A plane carrying weapons for the Nicaraguan Contras militia crashed in a mountainous area of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica. The aircraft was registered with registration ‘CF-ETE’.
Description
Crashed in a mountainous area of Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica. The airplane was carrying a load of weapons for the Nicaraguan Contras militia. The aircraft carried the fake registration “CF-ETE”.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FSMnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TdEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4385%2C5342183, http://www.skywar.ru/contras.html, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FCMnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TdEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5691%2C4668284https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FSMnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TdEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4385%2C5342183, http://www.skywar.ru/contras.html, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FCMnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TdEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5691%2C4668284Primary Cause
Possible hijacking or unauthorized transport of weapons by the Nicaraguan Contras militia.Possible hijacking or unauthorized transport of weapons by the Nicaraguan Contras militia.Share on:
