Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 15 July 1969 |
Type: | Douglas R4D-1 (DC-3) |
Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña |
Registration: | 101 |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Ilopango ( El Salvador)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The aircraft was being shot at by a Hondurese F4U-4 Corsair plane near El Poy. The airplane managed to return to Ilopango AFB where a crash-landing was made. The airplane has been quoted being msn 15272/26717, but this seems doubtful since this airframe flew as G-AMPP until 1971.
Sources:
» Scramble 289
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.