# NTSB CEN14WA184: Cessna T210L, N732JY, San Marcos, Guatemala, April 1, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 1, 2014, 13:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place: San Marcos, Guatemala
- Coordinates: 14.968889, -91.78778 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=14.9689&lon=-91.7878&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Guatemala Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14WA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89005/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14WA184

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732JY-2018-03-28), registration cancelled 2018-03-28, S/N 21061560, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061560
- Year built: 1976
- Engines: Continental TSIO520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MMTP, Tapachula
- Destination: MHRO, Roatan
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 75; injuries: fatal; 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

## Weather



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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