Aviation accidents in Guatemala

33 accidents and incidents are recorded in Guatemala (1986–2025), with 158 people killed and 8 seriously injured. 64% of the accidents were fatal.

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Deadliest accidents

  1. 1986 Aerovías Guatemala Caravelle crash, Santa Elena de la Cruz (Jan 18, 1986) · 93 killed
  2. Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216, La Aurora International Airport (Dec 21, 1999) · 16 killed
  3. Cessna 208, Zacapa, GT (Aug 24, 2008) · 11 killed
  4. Cessna 182J, Coban, GT (May 4, 2001) · 5 killed
  5. Bell 206, Rio Bravo, GT (May 2, 2021) · 4 killed
  6. Md Helicopter 600, Guatemala City, GT (Feb 7, 2017) · 4 killed
  7. Cessna 182, Area Municipio De Joyabaj, GT (May 6, 2020) · 3 killed
  8. Cessna 172H, San Francisco, GT (Feb 13, 2023) · 3 killed
  9. Piper PA-28-235, Guatemala City, GT (Dec 29, 2012) · 2 killed
  10. Cessna 208B, Cuilco, GT (Jul 26, 2005) · 2 killed

By year

AccidentsFatalKilled
19861193
19991116
2001115
2005112
20081111
2011222
2012323
2014112
2015211
2016323
2017114
2019224
2020224
2021414
2022211
2023313
2024100
2025200

By phase of flight

AccidentsFatalKilled
Landing400
Maneuvering446
Cruise412
Takeoff312
Climb113

By type of operation

AccidentsFatalKilled
Non-US, non-commercial191223

Aircraft makers

AccidentsFatalKilled
Cessna9829
Piper523
Air Tractor322
Bell214
Cirrus111
Convair100
Piper Pawnee111
Cessna Skyhawk Ii112
Md114
North American112

Aircraft models

AccidentsFatalKilled
Cessna 1823310
Cessna 2082213
Air Tractor AT-502211
Cessna 172224
Piper PA28211
Cirrus SR20111
Convair 440100
Piper Pawnee PA25111
Piper PA-28112
Cessna T210112

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These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.

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    Sources: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), 1982 to present, plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. Mostly US events; not a complete global record. Findings may be preliminary. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenMapTiles, OpenFreeMap.

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