Date:	Tuesday 8 September 1953
Time:	13:16
Type:	Douglas C-47A-30-DK (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	TACA de Honduras
Registration:	XH-TAR
MSN:	25262/13817
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	5 km from San Andres -   Honduras
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	San Pedro Sula-Ramon Villeda Morales Airport (SAP/MHLM)
Destination airport:	San Andres
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft took off from San Pedro Sula at 12:42 for a flight to San Andres. Arriving there, a missed approach procedure was carried out during which the no. 2 engine failed. The aircraft crashed into a mountain, 5 km past the airport.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the right engine when the pilot wished to obtain maximum power from both engines after a missed landing."

Douglas DC-3 Production List (Issue no. 28)
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 39-AN/34 (113-114)

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