Date: | Monday 24 November 1997 |
Time: | 10:15 |
Type: | GAF Nomad N.24A |
Owner/operator: | Rollins Air |
Registration: | HR-AQY |
MSN: | 38 |
Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | La Ceiba -
Honduras
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | La Ceiba-Goloson International Airport (LCE/MHLC) |
Destination airport: | Roatán Airport (RTB/MHRO) |
Narrative:Returned due to bad weather at destination Roatan; crashed on approach. The no. 2 (right) engine reportedly suffered an uncontained failure and partially broke away, moving down and inboard. The propeller cut through the fuselage. The engine failure was reportedly the result of a collision with a buzzard or vulture.
Sources:
Fatalities and Destroyed Civil Aircraft Due To Bird Strikes 1912-2002 / John Thorpe (International Bird Strike Committee ISBC26/WP-SA1)
La Prensa
La Tribuna
Images:
photo (c) Ito Noriyuki; La Ceiba-Goloson International Airport (LCE); 13 September 1997
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