San Pedro Sula - Tegucigalpa

On March 21, 1990 at 12:00 AM, San Pedro Sula - Tegucigalpa experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-188 Electra, operated by TAN Airlines - Transportes Aéreos Nacionales de Honduras, with the event recorded near Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Francisco Morazán.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. While approaching Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport in poor weather conditions, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the aircraft struck the south slope of Cerro de Hula (1,600 meters high) located 14 km from runway 01 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HR-TNL, MSN 1134, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 14.0522°, -87.2381°.