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Pedernales

Crash of a Cessna 208A Caravan I near Pedernales: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 21, 2008
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While flying at low height in the early morning, the single engine airplane collided with a tree and impacted terrain near Pedernales, bursting into flames. All four occupants were killed. Among the debris, a load of 97 kg of cocaine was found, some of this quantity was destroyed by crash fire.

Crash of a Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain off Cabo Rojo: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 14, 1986
Operator:
Registration:
N37490
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
31-7752030
YOM:
1977
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft was completing an illegal flight from Santa Marta to Cat Island, Bahamas, carrying two pilots and a load of 500 kilos of cocaine. After entering illegally the Dominican Republic Airspace, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Dominican Air Force A-37 and crashed in the sea off Cabo Rojo. Both occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Dominican Air Force A-37 during an illegal flight.