N5274J

On April 19, 1989 at 12:00 PM, N5274J experienced a crash involving Cessna 404 Titan, operated by Aero Service Corporation - USA, with the event recorded near Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Santa Cruz.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Santa Cruz-El Trompillo Airport, while climbing, the pilot informed ATC about an engine failure and was cleared to return when control was lost. The aircraft crashed on a golf course located near the airport and was destroyed. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N5274J, MSN 404-0631, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -17.8067°, -63.1715°.