Tegucigalpa – La Mesa

On March 10, 2010 at 02:05 PM, Tegucigalpa – La Mesa experienced a crash involving Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, operated by Copreca, with the event recorded near Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Francisco Morazán.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

Three minutes after takeoff from Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed few km from the airport, bursting into flames. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TG-JYM, MSN 421B-0403, year of manufacture 1973.

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