Guatemala City - Flores

On January 18, 1986 at 07:58 AM, Guatemala City - Flores experienced a crash involving Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, operated by Aerovias Guatemala, with the event recorded near Flores-Mundo Maya (Santa Elena) Petén.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

94 people were known to be on board, 94 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 88, passenger fatalities: 88, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Flores-Santa Elena Airport, the crew encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. The captain initiated a go-around, followed a circuit and started a second approach few minutes later. As the visibility was still below minimums, the crew was unable to sight and locate the runway. The aircraft passed over the airport without any visual contact was established and continued when it struck the slope of a mountain located 8 km from the airfield. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 94 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HC-BAE, MSN 40, year of manufacture 1960.