Vickers Viscount crash, Mar 5, 1959 (15 killed), Managua-...
Vickers Viscount accident on March 5, 1959 near Managua-Augusto Cesar Sandino-Las Mercedes Managua City District, Nicaragua with 15 fatalities.
- Date: March 5, 1959
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Managua-Augusto Cesar Sandino-Las Mercedes Managua City District, Nicaragua
- Fatalities: 15
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
On 5 March 1959 a TACA International Airlines Vickers Viscount crashed shortly after takeoff from Managua Airport after both port engines failed. Fifteen of the 19 people aboard were killed.