San Salvador – Guatemala City – Los Angeles

On April 6, 1993 at 06:27 PM, San Salvador – Guatemala City – Los Angeles experienced a crash involving Boeing 767-200, operated by TACA International Airlines - Transportes Aéreos Centro Americanos, with the event recorded near Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

236 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 236 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 227, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach to Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport was completed in poor weather conditions with rain falls, a visibility of three miles below a 2,000 feet cloud ceiling. The crew was cleared to land on runway 19 with a tailwind component as the wind was from 030° at 8 knots. The aircraft landed 1,070 metres past the runway threshold (runway 19 is 2,763 metres long) at a speed that was 17 knots above Vref. The crew started the braking procedure and thrust reversers were deployed. At a distance of 300 metres from the runway end, the captain decided to veer off runway to the left. At a speed of 90 knots, the aircraft went through a perimeter fence, down an embankment and eventually came to rest into several houses. All 236 occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Three people on the ground were slightly injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N767TA, MSN 23494, year of manufacture 1986.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 14.5822°, -90.5290°.