| Date: | Wednesday 27 April 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-440 |
| Owner/operator: | Aviateca |
| Registration: | TG-ACA |
| MSN: | 143 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Guatemala City -
 Guatemala
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA/MGGT) |
No.1 engine failure due to oil exhaustion. The prop couldn't be feathered and the aircraft made an emergency landing in rough terrain.
PROBABLE CAUSE: No. 1 engine cylinders and oil-high pressure hose not correctly reconnected after maintenance.
Sources:
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 January 1954 | PH-TEK | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | 0 | Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport |  |
min |
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO); August 1974
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