Guatemala City - Guatemala City

On November 21, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Guatemala City - Guatemala City experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, operated by Three T’s Auto Sale, with the event recorded near Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport on a local training flight. Shortly after takeoff from runway 02, while in initial climb, the aircraft entered a right turn then lost height and crashed near an industrial building located about 900 metres from the runway 20 threshold. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. Both pilots escaped uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration C6-TAK, MSN 31-228, year of manufacture 1968.

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