Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 14 FEB 2011 |
| Time: | 08:02 |
| Type: |  Let L-410UVP-E20 |
| Operator: | Central American Airways - CAA |
| Registration: | HR-AUQ |
| C/n / msn: | 912603 |
| First flight: | 1991 |
| Engines: | 2 Walter M-601E |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Cerro de Hula (Honduras)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | San Pedro Sula-Ramon Villeda Morales Airport (SAP/MHLM), Honduras |
| Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport (TGU/MHTG), Honduras | |
| Flightnumber: | 731 |
A Let L-410 passenger plane, HR-AUQ, was destroyed in an accident near Cerro de Hula, Honduras. All 12 passengers and two crew members on board were killed. The airplane operated on Central American Airways flight 731 from San Pedro Sula (SAP) to Tegucigalpa (TGU).
The flight had departed San Pedro Sula at 07:04 for the forty minute flight to Tegucigalpa. The airplane crashed in a forest at 08:02.
Weather about the time of the accident (08:00 local / 14:00 UTC) was:
MHTG 141400Z 36009KT 5000 VCSH FEW007 BKN020 17/14 Q1022 A3018 NOSIG=
[Wind 360 degrees at 9 knots; Visibility 5000m; Showers in the vicinity; Few clouds 700 ft., broken clouds 2,000 ft.; Temperature 17°C; Dew point 14°C; 1022 hPa
Sources:
» El Tiempo
» La Tribuna
» Confirmado: Catorce personas fallecieron en accidente de aviación en Las Mesitas (Proceso, 14-2-2011)
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Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | CCCP-67673 | Aeroflot | stored, not delivered |
| 1992 | OK-WDP | Let ? | |
| 1 DEC 1993 | J2-KBF | Puntavia | delivered |
| 1994 | J2-KBF | Somali Air Services | leased |
| 1997 | OK-WDP | Let | |
| DEC 1997 | LV-WYV | Orion | |
| 2001 | S9-TBY | Aerotec International | |
| 21 FEB 2002 | D-CLET | Aerotec International | registered |
| SEP 2002 | D-CLET | Antares | |
| AUG 2007 | HH-AVP | delivered | |
| DEC 2007 | HR-AUQ | Central American Airways |
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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 San Pedro Sula-Ramon Villeda Morales Airport to Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport as the crow flies is 171 km (107 miles).
Distance from San Pedro Sula-Ramon Villeda Morales Airport to Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport as the crow flies is 171 km (107 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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