# NTSB CEN10WA150: Cessna 421, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, March 10, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 10, 2010, 20:06 local (20:06 UTC)
- Place: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- Coordinates: 14.067222, -87.260002 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=14.0672&lon=-87.2600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Teledyne Continental Motors, IIC - CAA - Honduras, Cessna Aircraft Company
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75475
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10WA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75475/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75475
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10WA150

## Probable cause

This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Honduran government.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 10, 2010, at 2006 coordinated universal time, a Cessna Aircraft Company 421B, Guatemalan registered TG-JYM, owned and operated by Copreca S.A., was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Toncontin International Airport (MHTG), Tegucigalpa, Honduras. A post impact fire ensued. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and was en route to Moral Ramon Villeda Airport, San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The Honduran investigators reported that shortly after departure the pilot reported a mechanical problem and was returning to the airport when the airplane impacted terrain one mile to the west of the airport. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Honduran government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Honduran government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: SECRETARÌA DE OBRAS PÙBLICAS, TRANSPORTE Y VIVIENDA DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE AERONAUTICA CIVIL Apartado Postal 30145 Tegucigalpa, M. D. C., Honduras, C. A.

## Aircraft

- Registration: TG-JYM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520-D reciprocating; CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520-D reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Corpreca SA
- Registered owner: Corpreca SA
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: MHTG, Tegucigalpa
- Destination: San Pedro Sula
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: MHTG, Toncontin International Airpor

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; airline transport; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 6.2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.88 inHg
- Observed at: MHTG

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 25, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75475. 10 KB in all.

- Docket Insert - CEN10WA150 (item 1, .PDF, 10 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40327046&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Docket%20Insert%20-%20CEN10WA150-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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