- Date
- May 4, 1998, 20:00 local (May 5, 1998, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Havana, Cuba
- Injuries
- 69 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Aircraft
- N261LRBoeing 737-200
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Not reported
- Case key
- 38568
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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Aircraft
- Registration
- N261LR
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Taca Group Airlines, doing business as Lacsa
- Departed
- SJO · San Jose, OF
- Destination
- HAV · OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
N261LRRegistration cancelled Jul 11, 2002 · Boeing 737-230Airframe modelBoeing 737-230Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D 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
- Instrument (IMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 240° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 0.25 statute miles