# NTSB DCA08RA068: Airbus Industrie A320-233, Tegucgalpa, Honduras, May 30, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 30, 2008, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Tegucgalpa, Honduras
- Coordinates: 14.060832, -87.217224
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=14.0608&lon=-87.2172&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal, 5 minor, 126 uninjured; on the ground: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AAI-100
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68124
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA08RA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68124/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08RA068

## Factual narrative

On May 30, 2008 at 1545Z, an Airbus A320-233, Irish registration EI-TAF, operated by Taca Airlines as flight No. 390, overran the end of runway 02, at the Toncontin International Airport (TGU), in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, during landing. The airplane was on a scheduled domestic flight from San Salvador, El Salvador to Miami, FL stopping in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and San Pedro Sula, Honduras, en route. The airplane departed the runway and came to rest on a street. Of the 134 persons that were aboard the flight, the captain and two passengers sustained fatal injuries. in addition, two people who were in cars on the street, incurred fatal injuries. The Honduran government delegated the accident investigation to the Autoridad de Aviación Civil of El Salvador, and the NTSB is assisting as the state of manufacture for the International Aero Engines (IAE) V2527 engines, at the request of the Salvadoran government. The NTSB is also providing assistance with the download and evaluation of data from digital flight data and cockpit voice recorders.

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-TAF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Airbus Industrie A320-233
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Groupo Taca Airlines
- Departed: SAL, San Salvador
- Destination: TGU, Tegucigalpa
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)
- Wind: 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 1.9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.03 inHg
- Observed at: MHTG

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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