Guatemala City – Cobán

On November 8, 2020 at 12:00 AM, Guatemala City – Cobán experienced a crash involving Quest Kodiak 100, operated by Private Guatemalan, with the event recorded near Guatemala City-La Aurora Guatemala.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The pilot, sole on board, was completing a cargo flight to Cobán. After takeoff from Guatemala City-La Aurora runway 02, while in initial climb, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in trees located in a garden along the 4th Avenue, in the Zone 9 district, approximately 980 metres from the end of runway 02. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration TG-SMT, MSN 100-0080, year of manufacture 2012.

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