Date:	Monday 24 November 1997
Time:	10:15
Type:	GAF Nomad N.24A
Owner/operator:	Rollins Air
Registration:	HR-AQY
MSN:	38
Year of manufacture:	1977
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	La Ceiba -   Honduras
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	La Ceiba-Goloson International Airport (LCE/MHLC)
Destination airport:	Roatán Airport (RTB/MHRO)

Narrative:
Returned due to bad weather at destination Roatan; crashed on approach. The no. 2 (right) engine reportedly suffered an uncontained failure and partially broke away, moving down and inboard. The propeller cut through the fuselage. The engine failure was reportedly the result of a collision with a buzzard or vulture.

Fatalities and Destroyed Civil Aircraft Due To Bird Strikes 1912-2002 / John Thorpe (International Bird Strike Committee ISBC26/WP-SA1)
La Prensa
La Tribuna

photo (c) Ito Noriyuki; La Ceiba-Goloson International Airport (LCE); 13 September 1997

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