Incident Cessna 404 HK-2756-P,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200231
 
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Date:Monday 17 November 1986
Time:12:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C404 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 404
Owner/operator:private
Registration: HK-2756-P
MSN: 404-0663
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Playa Hermosa de Montezuma -   Costa Rica
Phase: En route
Nature:Illegal Flight
Departure airport:Tulúa (16.11./21:30)
Destination airport:Oaxaca, Mexico
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crash-landed in sea 50 meters from beach after occupants dropped cocaine bags (250-500 kg) over beach. Occupants vanished. Airplane discovered next morning. Occupants captured same day. Airplane pulled out of sea with damaged front part, propellers and undercarriage and abandoned after instruments removed. (2) Registration reported canx JUN 97, (1) operator given as Jaime Hernan Arevalo Rubiano

Sources:

La Nación 19 November 1986, p1+10A/20 November 1986, p10A/21 November 1986, p10A/18 December 1986, p10A
(1) Scramble
(2) unknown

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Oct-2017 19:59 TB Added
29-Oct-2019 15:21 Uli Elch Updated [Operator]
17-Feb-2022 14:39 TB Updated [Operator]
17-Feb-2022 14:46 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]

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