| Date: | Friday 1 November 1996 |
| Time: | 08:10 |
| Type: |  Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante |
| Owner/operator: | Transportes Aéreos Profesionales - TAPSA |
| Registration: | TG-TPA |
| MSN: | 110313 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 8 km from Flores-Santa Elena Airport (FRS) -
 Guatemala
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA/MGGT) |
| Flores-Santa Elena Airport (FRS/MGFL) |
The aircraft crashed about 1 hour after takeoff, while approaching Santa Elena.
The Bandeirante collided with a mountain at 900 feet in bad weather.
Sources:
Prensa Libre
Location
Images:
photo (c) Ito Noriyuki; Flores-Santa Elena Airport (FRS); 30 April 1991
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