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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 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Guatemala City -
Guatemala
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA/MGGT) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative: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.
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Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO); August 1974
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