# NTSB MIA98WA151: Boeing 737-200, N261LR, Havana, Cuba, May 5, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 4, 1998, 20:00 local (May 5, 1998, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Havana, Cuba
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 69 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38568
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98WA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38568/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98WA151

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N261LR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N261LR-2002-07-11), registration cancelled 2002-07-11, S/N 22402, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 737-200
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-230](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-230) (registry code 1384401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Wind: 240° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 0.25 statute miles

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