Airbus A320-233 EI-TAF

Summary

On 30 May 2008 at about 17:45 local time, a Airbus A320-233 registered EI-TAF, operated by Groupo Taca Airlines, was involved in an accident near Tegucgalpa, Honduras. 136 people were on board and 3 died, 5 had minor injuries. 2 people on the ground also died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 May 2008 at 17:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Tegucgalpa, Honduras

Coordinates

14.0608, -87.2172

Aircraft

Airbus A320-233

Registration

EI-TAF

Category

Airplane

Operator

Groupo Taca Airlines

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Salvador → Tegucigalpa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

NTSB number

DCA08RA068

3 people died, including 2 on the ground.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On May 30, 2008 at 1545Z, an Airbus A320-233, Irish registration EI-TAF, operated by Taca Airlines as flight No. 390, overran the end of runway 02, at the Toncontin International Airport (TGU), in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, during landing. The airplane was on a scheduled domestic flight from San Salvador, El Salvador to Miami, FL stopping in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and San Pedro Sula, Honduras, en route. The airplane departed the runway and came to rest on a street. Of the 134 persons that were aboard the flight, the captain and two passengers sustained fatal injuries. in addition, two people who were in cars on the street, incurred fatal injuries. The Honduran government delegated the accident investigation to the Autoridad de Aviación Civil of El Salvador, and the NTSB is assisting as the state of manufacture for the International Aero Engines (IAE) V2527 engines, at the request of the Salvadoran government. The NTSB is also providing assistance with the download and evaluation of data from digital flight data and cockpit voice recorders.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.