# NTSB DCA90RA003: Boeing 727-224, N88705, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, October 21, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 21, 1989
- Place: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 131 fatal, 14 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15938
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA90RA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15938/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA90RA003

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N88705](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88705-1992-10-27), registration cancelled 1992-10-27, S/N 19514 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-224
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-224](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (registry code 1384076) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19514
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Tan-Sahsa
- Registered owner: Continental Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: MANAGUA,NICERAG, OF
- Destination: TGU, TEGUCIGALPA,HON, OF
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: Toncontin Intl, runway 1

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 25° at 40 knots
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Observed at: TGU

## Other investigations on N88705 (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW72IF043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72IF043), Jan 14, 1972: Boeing 707 (N88705), El Paso, TX, incident, no damage

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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