Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aurora International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Guatemala Cty. Guatemala
Friday, April 28, 1995 11:43 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On April 28, 1995, about 1143 mountain daylight time, a Douglas DC-8F-54, N43UA, registered to First Security Bank, operated by Millon Air as a 14 CFR Part 121 supplemental cargo flight for Lineas Aereas Mayas, crashed on landing roll at La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed by postcrash fire. The airline transport pilot-in-command sustained serious injuries. The commercial pilot copilot sustained minor injuries and the flight engineer was not injured. The flight originated from Miami, Florida, about 2 hours 28 minutes before the accident.
The Director General De Aeronautical Civil, stated that the airplane was observed landing on runway 19 with about 5,400 feet of runway remaining. The runway was wet and skid marks were present on the last 1,800 feet of the runway. The airplane rolled off the end of the runway, collided with approach lights, perimeter fence, plunged down a steep incline into a residential area, fatally injuring six persons on the ground.
The copilot stated airspeed at touch down was about 135 knots. Engine reverse was applied on Nos. 2 and 3 engines on touchdown. Flaps were at 50 degrees. Braking was applied after decelerating below 100 knots. The pilot-in-command attempted to turn off the runway on to the taxiway; however, the airplane continued forward off the end of the runway.
The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Guatemala. Any further information may be obtained from:
Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil Aeropuerto Internacional "La Aurora" Zona 13 Guatemala, Cuidad Telephone:(011) 502-2-320162
This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Guatemalan Government.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 4/28/1995 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1143 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | GUATEMALA CTY. |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | GUATEMALA |
| Zipcode of the event site | 00000 |
| Event Date Year | 1995 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | AURORA INTERNATIONAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 9000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 1500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 2 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 19 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 6 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 6 |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 8 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 7000 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Apr 28 1995 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1455 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 7 2000 4:13PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | N43UA |
| NTSB Number | MIA95RA121 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Unknown |
| Aircraft Explosion | Unknown |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Douglas |
| Aircraft Model | DC-8F-54 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | DC-8F-54 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 45677 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 318000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/Foreign Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 152 |
| Number of Engines | -- |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | -- |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Operator City | MIAMI |
| Operator State | FL |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | 33052 |
| Operator Code | MIRA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | -- |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | International |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | MIA |
| Departure City | MIAMI |
| Departure State | FL |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | MGGT |
| Destination City | GUATEMALA CITY |
| Destination State | OF |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 6 2004 1:02PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\HAMG |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 19 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |