Playa Baracoa - Playa Baracoa

On April 29, 2017 at 12:00 AM, Playa Baracoa - Playa Baracoa experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-26, operated by Aerogaviota, with the event recorded near San Cristóbal Artemisa.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The airplane departed Playa Baracoa Airport at 0638LT on a training flight and continued to the southwest. En route, it impacted the slope of Mt Loma de la Pimienta located about six km north of San Cristóbal, province of Artemisa. The aircraft was destroyed and all eight crew members were killed. Owned by Aerogaviota, the airplane was operated by the Cuban Air Force (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias) under flight code FAR1436.

Aircraft reference details include registration CU-T1406, MSN 135 02, year of manufacture 1985.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 22.6630°, -83.1928°.