# NTSB WAS02RA036: Cessna TU206G, N7344N, Catacamas, Honduras, April 24, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 24, 2002, 12:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place: Catacamas, Honduras
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 54578
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WAS02RA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54578/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WAS02RA036

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7344N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7344N-2003-10-06), registration cancelled 2003-10-06, S/N U20603622, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna TU206G
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (registry code 2073357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial observation, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Norton D.Smith
- Departed: CATACAMAS
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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