Guatemala City - San Salvador

On May 26, 2010 at 08:55 AM, Guatemala City - San Salvador experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, operated by Ocean City Comercial, with the event recorded near Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 133.3%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The twin engine aircraft departed Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport at 0840LT on a flight to San Salvador-Ilopango Airport, carrying two passengers and one pilot. About 4-5 minutes after takeoff, while climbing in IMC conditions, the pilot reported technical problems with the instruments and was cleared for an immediate return. Shortly later, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a meat packing plant located in the approach path. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces as well as the building. All three occupants as well as one people in the factory were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TG-LAP, MSN 31-8012043, year of manufacture 1980.

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