Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 APR 1995 |
| Time: | 16:30 MST |
| Type: | Cessna 501 Citation I/SP |
| Operator: | TACA International Airlines |
| Registration: | N120ES |
| C/n / msn: | 501-0041 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | San Salvador (El Salvador) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | San Salvador-Comalapa International Airport (SAL/MSLP), El Salvador |
| San Salvador-Comalapa International Airport (SAL/MSLP), El Salvador |
The Cessna stalled and collided with trees about 2,500 feet short of the runway, and came to rest on a perimeter road about 1,200 feet short of the runway. The copilot informed the pilot on base turn that they had a difference in their altimeters.
Sources:
» NTSB
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Distance from San Salvador-Comalapa International Airport to San Salvador-Comalapa International Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from San Salvador-Comalapa International Airport to San Salvador-Comalapa International Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
