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Regret Ref B did not contain sufficient information and may have led Hqs to believe MADD running an unsafe operation. Will re- quest Hqs approval future similar actions. 77a/ The other two accidents to JMADD aircraft which appear in the records, both concern Col. Tony Batres, the personal pilot of President Ydigoras Fuentes of Guatemala. In one instance, Col. Batres had borrowed the Agency's L-28 Helio while his Aero Commander was down for maintenance, and MADD's initial report of the accident said that the plane had been "damaged" on landing at Guatemala City. In fact, the plane had struck a grass covered log in the middle of a sod runway which was on the property of the President of Guatemala not the air strip at Guatemala City. The plane was more than damaged -- for all practical purposes it was ruined and, in fact, it was recommended that the aircraft be dismantled and returned to JMADD by C-46 or by truck and that the aircraft be scrapped for parts. 78/* * In addition to pushing the main gear structure up through the bottom of the fuselage into the pilot and the co-pilot cockpit, the other damages were reported as follows: Broken engine frame, a ripped and buckled bottom fuselage and cabin floor, (footnote continued on following page) - 150 -