# NTSB CEN16WA262: Liberty XL, La Lima, Honduras, June 23, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 23, 2016, 22:59 local (22:59 UTC)
- Place: La Lima, Honduras
- Coordinates: 15.442222, -87.915557 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=15.4422&lon=-87.9156&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93575
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA262
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93575/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA262

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 23, 2016, about 2259 UTC, a Discovery Aviation, Incorporated, Liberty XL-2, Honduran registration HR-HZT, owned and operated by Horizontes Flight School was destroyed when it impacted the roof of a house in a residential neighborhood near La Lima, Honduras, while performing a takeoff from a touch-and-go landing at the Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport (MHLM), San Pedro Sula, Honduras. The instructor pilot and dual student on board were fatally injured. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the foreign, non-scheduled, instructional flight which originated at MHLM. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Honduras. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from: Agencia Hondurena de Aeronautica Civil (AHAC) Unidad de Investigacion de Accidentes 500 Mts. Al Norte del Aeropuerto Internacional Toncontin Apartado Postal 30145 Comayaguela, M, D.C., Honduras, Centro America Telephone: 504-2234-0263 www.ahac.gob.hn This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the AHAC of Honduras.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HR-HZT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Liberty XL (2)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: Continental IOF-240-B 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown

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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