Aircraft Crashes Record Office
Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques

Accident description
   
     
Date & Time
 
24AUG2008 at 0940LT
Type of Aircraft
 
Operator
 
Registration
 
TG-JCS
Location
 
Cabañas
   
Flight number
   
Schedule
 
Guatemala City - El Estro
 
Construction number
 
208-0327
Year of manufacture
 
1993
     
Crew on board
 
2
Pax on board
 
12
Crew fatalities
 
2
Pax fatalities
 
8
Other fatalities
 
0
Total fatalities
 
10

Circumstances
   
 
While enroute from Guatemala City to El Estro, crew elected to make en emergency landing due to engine problem. The aircraft crashed in an open field and burst into flames. Both pilots and 8 passengers were killed. Four other passengers escaped with serious injuries.
   


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