Central Americian Airways Crash: Honduras.

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14 FEB 2011 Let L-410UVP-E20 (HR-AUQ) of Central American Airways - CAA, near Cerro de Hula- 14(14 )
Date: 14 FEB 2011
Time: 08:02
Type: Let L-410UVP-E20
Operator: Central American Airways - CAA
Registration: HR-AUQ
C/n / msn: 912603
First flight: 1991
Engines: 2 Walter M-601E
Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers: Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Total: Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Ground fatalities:
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Location: near Cerro de Hula (Honduras)
Phase: En route
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: San Pedro Sula-Ramon Villeda Morales Airport (SAP)
Destination airport: Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport (TGU)
Flightnumber: 731
A Let L-410 passenger plane, HR-AUQ, was destroyed in an accident near Cerro de Hula, Honduras. All 12 passengers and two crew members on board were killed. The airplane operated on Central American Airways flight 731 from San Pedro Sula (SAP) to Tegucigalpa (TGU). The flight had departed San Pedro Sula at 07:04 for the fourty minute flight to Tegucigalpa. The airplane crashed in a forest at 08:02. Weather about the time of the accident (08:00 local / 14:00 UTC) was: MHTG 141400Z 36009KT 5000 VCSH FEW007 BKN020 17/14 Q1022 A3018 NOSIG= [Wind 360 degrees at 9 knots; Visibility 5000m; Showers in the vicinity; Few clouds 700 ft., broken clouds 2,000 ft.; Temperature 17°C; Dew point 14°C; 1022 hPa

AIRCRAFT HISTORY CCCP-67673 - Aeroflot (1991) stored, not delivered
OK-WDP - Let ? (1992)
J2-KBF - Puntavia (1 DEC 1993) delivered
J2-KBF - Somali Air Services (1994) leased
OK-WDP - Let (1997)
LV-WYV - Orion (DEC 1997)
S9-TBY - Aerotec International (2001)
D-CLET - Aerotec International (21 FEB 2002) registered
D-CLET - Antares (SEP 2002)
HH-AVP - (AUG 2007) delivered
HR-AUQ - Central American Airways (DEC 2007)


AIRCRAFT PROFILE LET 410

Last fatal accident involving a Let 410: 21-OCT-2010 Let 410UVP 9Q-CUA TRACEP - 2 fatalties (116 days ago)
Total number of hull-losses: 93 (of which 82 were accidents)

11th worst accident involving a Let 410

Survival rate for all fatal Let 410 accidents: on average 28.3 % of all occupants survived fatal accidents

COUNTRY PROFILE HONDURAS

Last fatal airliner/bizjet accident in Honduras: 10-MAY-2009 British Aerospace 3212 Jetstre YV1467 private - 1 fatalities (645 days ago)
Total number of fatal airliner/bizjet accidents: 18
Total number of airliner/bizjet fatalities: 308
6th worst airliner/bizjet accident in Honduras

The country is rated Cat. 2 in FAA's International Aviation Safety Assessment Program (IASA)