# NTSB DCA90RA025: Douglas DC-6B, N84BL, Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 5, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 5, 1990, 16:46 local (20:46 UTC)
- Place: Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 27 fatal; on the ground: 24 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15939
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA90RA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15939/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA90RA025

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N84BL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84BL-2013-07-30), registration cancelled 2013-07-30, S/N 43739 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-6B
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-6b) (registry code 3021712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Aerial Transit
- Registered owner: Aerial Transit Company

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900505013949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900505013949A), May 5, 1990: Doug DC6, Guatemala City, GT, Destroyed, 25 fatal. Aircraft crashed into urban residential area shortly after departure.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.