- Date
- May 5, 1990, 16:46 local (20:46 UTC)
- Place
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Injuries
- 27 fatal; on the ground: 24 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N84BLDouglas DC-6B
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- FAA report
- 19900505013949A
- Case key
- 15939
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84BL
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Aerial Transit
- Registered owner
- Aerial Transit Company
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.