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Date: | Wednesday 21 March 1990 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed L-188CF Electra |
Owner/operator: | TAN Honduras - Transportes Aéreos Nacionales |
Registration: | HR-TNL |
MSN: | 1134 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Las Mesitas -
Honduras
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | San Pedro Sula-Ramon Villeda Morales Airport (SAP/MHLM) |
Destination airport: | Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport (TGU/MHTG) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Electra approached Tegucigalpa runway 01 in poor weather (low cloud base, rain) and flew into the southern slopes of the Cerro Hula 2500 feet below the 7000 feet Minimum Safe Altitude at that point on the approach path.
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photo (c) Ulrich F. Hoppe; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA)
photo (c) William Dekker; Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport (TGU)
photo (c) Bob Garrard; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA); February 1974
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