Douglas DC-3 crash, Jan 23, 1957 (16 killed), Mt Concepci...
Douglas DC-3 accident on January 23, 1957 near Mt Concepción (Ometepe Island) Rivas, Nicaragua with 16 fatalities. Cause: Unexplained loss of control...
- Date: January 23, 1957
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
- Location: Mt Concepción (Ometepe Island) Rivas, Nicaragua
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Unexplained loss of control while flying the last leg of the flight; no further cause is given.
The LANICA DC-3 was on the last leg of a Managua, Bluefields and San Carlos service, departing San Carlos for Managua with 13 passengers and 3 crew. It made no further contact and crashed into the side of Concepcion volcano on Ometepe Island, killing all 16 aboard. The wreck burned and the airframe was destroyed.