Draft:TACA Flight 510
1993 aviation accident in Guatemala
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TACA Flight 510 was a scheduled international passenger flight between El Salvador International Airport, El Salvador, and La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala, that on April 6 1993 overrun the runway of its destination airport and crashed in a residential area. All 227 passengers and 9 crew on board survived the accident, three people on the ground were injured, but there were no fatalities.[1]
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 The aircraft after overrunning the runway | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | April 6, 1993 |
| Summary | Runway overrun after an overspeed landing |
| Site | |
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| Aircraft | |
 N767TA, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 1987 | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 767-2S1ER |
| Operator | TACA International Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | TA510 |
| ICAO flight No. | TAI510 |
| Call sign | TACA 510 |
| Registration | N767TA |
| Flight origin | El Salvador International Airport, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Destination | La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Occupants | 236 |
| Passengers | 227 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 11 |
| Survivors | 236 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground injuries | 3 |
Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the accident was a Boeing 767-2S1ER registered as N767TA manufactured in 1986 and immediately delivered to TACA. The aircraft was equipped with two GE CF6-80A2 engines.
Accident
The flight went uneventful until landing at La Aurora. The weather conditions at the airport were not good, with ongoing rain, visibility under 5 km and a cloud ceiling at an height of about 2000 ft. At 18:27 local time flight 510 touched down on runway 19, during landing the aircraft experienced tailwind. Flight 510 touched down 1070 meters past the begin of the runway, that was long 2763 m, at a speed 17 knots above reference speed. An alarm started to sound in the cockpit advising the pilots of the overspeed landing. Even though the thrust reversers were deployed the aircraft could not stop before the end of the runway and overran it at a speed of about 90 knots, the 767 then went down the hill were the runway was built and crashed into two houses built under it. All 236 people on board survived, 11 were injured as well as 3 on the ground.[2]