Guanaja - Roatán - San Pedro Sula

On March 18, 1990 at 06:20 AM, Guanaja - Roatán - San Pedro Sula experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by SAHSA - Servicios Aéreos de Honduras SA, with the event recorded near Roatán Islas de la Bahía.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

32 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 25 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 21.9%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 29, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft was completing a flight from Guanaja to San Pedro Sula with an intermediate stop in Roatán. After landing, the crew encountered strong crosswinds when the aircraft veered off runway and crashed in the Caribbean Sea. A crew member and six passengers were killed while 25 other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration HR-SAZ, MSN 19495, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 16.3238°, -86.5105°.