- Date
- April 1, 2014, 13:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- San Marcos, Guatemala
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N732JYCessna T210L
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Guatemala Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
- Case key
- 89005
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On April 1, 2014, about 1340 local time, a Cessna T210L, single engine airplane, N732JY, was destroyed after impacting mountainous terrain near San Marcos, Guatemala. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. About 1318 the airplane departed from Tapachula International Airport (MMTP), Tapachula, Mexico and had filed a visual flight rules flight plan to Roatán/Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport (MHRO), Roatán, Guatemala. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Guatemala. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Guatemala. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil Aeropuerto Internacional "La Aurora" Zona 13 Guatemala, Centro América
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732JY
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061560
- Built
- 1976
- Engine
- Continental TSIO520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MMTP · Tapachula
- Destination
- MHRO · Roatan
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 75
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 20, 2013
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,831 total · 3,831 in this make and model