# NTSB CEN19WA096: North American T28, N55500, Escuintla, Guatemala, March 10, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 10, 2019, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Escuintla, Guatemala
- Coordinates: 14.38, -90.82 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=14.3800&lon=-90.8200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99081
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99081/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA096

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [North American T-28B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=6402506), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)
- [Maneuvering-aerobatics: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [North American T-28B, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=6402506), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55500](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55500-2019-05-14), registration cancelled 2019-05-14, S/N 53-137716, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN T28
- Registry model: [North American T-28B](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28b) (registry code 6402506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Wright R-1820 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (registry code 67020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 53-137716
- Year built: 1953
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Strong Tower Services Llc Trustee
- Departed: MGGT, La Aurora Inter

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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