Post-Maintenance Test Flight Crash in Gulf of Nicoya (YV-C-AMK)

Incident Overview and Departure Details In the morning, a crew consisting of four technicians and three pilots departed from San José-Juan Santamaría Airport. The flight was conducted as a post-maintenance test flight. The specific aircraft type, registration, operator, and exact date of the incident are not provided in the available source material. ## Crash Circumstances and Location During the flight, the aircraft went out of control in unknown circumstances. The plane subsequently crashed into the Gulf of Nicoya, located off the coast of Puntarenas. The wreckage was later discovered 1.2 kilometers east of San Lucas Island. ## Casualties All seven individuals on board the aircraft were killed in the crash. The source does not specify the cause of the accident or provide further details regarding the investigation findings.