# NTSB FTW95WA227: Cessna 550, N26496, Soto Cano, Honduras, May 6, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 6, 1995, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Soto Cano, Honduras
- Location: 13.4422° N, 87.4597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at San Lorenzo Airport (MHSL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.4422&lon=-87.4597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 19594
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW95WA227
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19594/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95WA227

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N26496](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26496), registered now, S/N 550-0607 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Registry model: [Cessna 550](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (registry code 2076604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (registry code 52112, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: BB-498
- Airframe hours: 9696
- 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

## 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

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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