- Date
- May 6, 1995, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Soto Cano, Honduras
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N26496Cessna 550
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Case key
- 19594
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - airport facilityFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
ComplacencyFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26496
- Reported as
- Cessna 550
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- BB-498
- Airframe hours
- 9,696
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Public aircraft · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 27, 1995 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- MHSL
- Destination
- MPTO · Panama City, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MHSL · Comayagua, runway 17, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete
N26496Registered now · Cessna 550Airframe modelCessna 550Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg