Lima – Guatemala City

On February 19, 1997 at 03:06 AM, Lima – Guatemala City experienced a crash involving IAI 1124 Westwind, operated by Inversiones Venezuela, with the event recorded near Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport by night, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 14,4 km short of runway. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all five occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration YV-160CP, MSN 211, year of manufacture 1977.

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