Accident description
Last updated: 23 June 2018
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 18 July 1993 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-2H6 |
| Operator: | SAHSA - Servicio Aéreo de Honduras SA |
| Registration: | N401SH |
| C/n / msn: | 20584/305 |
| First flight: | 1972-07-17 (21 years ) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 88 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 94 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Managua Airport (MGA) ( Nicaragua)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport (TGU/MHTG), Honduras |
| Managua Airport (MGA/MNMG), Nicaragua | |
| Flightnumber: | 415 |
The Boeing landed firmly on runway 09, skidded to the right off the runway. The nosegear collapsed and both engines were torn off. The aircraft came to rest 200 feet right of the runway.
The weather was bad at the time of the accident: heavy rain and lightning.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Air International September 1993, p.127» NTSB Safety Recommendation A-94-124
» Scramble 170
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport to Managua Airport as the crow flies is 240 km (150 miles).
Distance from Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport to Managua Airport as the crow flies is 240 km (150 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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