San José - Caracas

On June 30, 1977 at 03:15 PM, San José - Caracas experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-188 Electra, operated by Cooperativa de Montecillos, with the event recorded near Caribbean Sea All World.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The four engine airplane departed San José-Juan Santamaría Airport at 1400LT on a cargo flight to Caracas, carrying one passenger, three crew members and a load of 16,330 kilos of frozen meat. While in cruising altitude over the Caribbean Sea, the airplane plunged into the sea in unknown circumstances, about 65 km east of Bocas del Toro, Panama. SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the airplane nor the four occupants was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration N126US, MSN 1105, year of manufacture 1959.