# NTSB CEN14WA214: Cessna 172 - M, Gracias, Honduras, April 23, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 23, 2014, 19:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Gracias, Honduras
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89106
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14WA214
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89106/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14WA214

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On April 23, 2014, at 1900 universal coordinated time, a Cessna 172M airplane, bearing Honduran registration HR-AVH, was destroyed upon impact with trees and terrain under unknown circumstances, near Gracias, Department of Lempira, in the Republic of Honduras. A postimpact fire ensued. The pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Government of the Republic of Honduras. Any further information may be obtained from: Secretaria de Obras Publicas, Transportes y Vivienda Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) Apartado 30145 Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., Honduras Centro America This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released, or obtained from the DGAC of the Republic of Honduras.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HR-AVN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172 - M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17264616
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

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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