Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 NOV 1975 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47-DL |
| Operator: | Aviateca |
| Registration: | TG-AGA |
| C/n / msn: | 6142 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 22 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | within Peten State (Guatemala) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Uaxactun Airport (UAX), Guatemala |
| Flores-Santa Elena Airport (FRS/MGFL), Guatemala |
Crashed.
Sources:
» Flight International 27.11.75(778)
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Distance from Uaxactun Airport to Flores-Santa Elena Airport as the crow flies is 58 km (36 miles).
Distance from Uaxactun Airport to Flores-Santa Elena Airport as the crow flies is 58 km (36 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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