N37490

On December 14, 1986 at 12:00 AM, N37490 experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, operated by Private American, with the event recorded near Cabo Rojo Pedernales.

The flight was categorized as illegal (smuggling) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration N37490, MSN 31-7752030, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 17.9083°, -71.6668°.