Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, Dec 16, 1998 (2 killed), Te...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on December 16, 1998 near Tegucigalpa-Toncontin, Francisco Morazán, Honduras with 2 fatalities. Cause: Controlled...
- Date: December 16, 1998
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Tegucigalpa-Toncontin, Francisco Morazán, Honduras
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued the approach at an insufficient altitude
A Piper PA-31 Navajo of Transportes Aereos de El Salvador on a positioning flight from Guatemala City was approaching Tegucigalpa-Toncontin in instrument conditions. The crew descended below the approach altitude and the aircraft hit terrain about 10 km short of the runway. Both occupants were killed.