Aviation Accident: Flight 495 Crashes into Nipe Bay (CU-T603)

Flight Details and Disappearance Flight 495 was a scheduled flight that departed Miami at 2200 hours, bound for Varadero, a distance of approximately 200 miles. The flight carried 16 passengers and a crew of 4, with an estimated arrival time of 2249 hours. When no news of the flight was received by the estimated arrival time, an alert was declared. The aircraft was later found to have crashed over 400 miles from Varadero at approximately 0210 hours in Nipe Bay, Central Preston, Oriente Province. All aboard were killed except 3 passengers. The aircraft had departed Miami with 1,600 gallons of fuel, providing a total endurance of 3.47 hours, which was ample for the intended flight. However, the aircraft had flown 23 minutes beyond its estimated endurance, with only 8 gallons of fuel remaining in the tanks at the time of impact.