This was the aircraft involved in the Guatemala City incident pictured at its Pontiac, MI home base back in December 2007. Photo: Andrew Thon - OPShots Contributor
A Contract Air Cargo (subsidiary of IFL Group) Convair CV-440, registration N171FL performing freight flight TSU-8138 from Miami,FL (USA) to Guatemala City (Guatemala), landed on Guatamala City’s runway 19 when after touch down the nose gear bent backwards and collapsed. The left hand propeller contacted the runway, sheared off and penetrated the fuselage before the aircraft came to a stop. No injuries occurred, the aircraft received substantial damage.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/TSU8138/history/20120511/1315Z/KMIA/MGGT
Metars:
MGGT 110800Z 00000KT 6000 SCT200 18/17 Q1021 A3015 VIS BR
MGGT 110700Z 00000KT 6000 SCT090 SCT200 18/17 Q1022 A3018 VIS BR
MGGT 110600Z 00000KT 6000 SCT090 SCT200 19/17 Q1023 A3021 VIS BR
MGGT 110500Z 00000KT 6000 FEW012 SCT200 19/17 Q1023 A3021 VIS HZ
MGGT 110400Z 19004KT 6000 SCT014 SCT200 19/17 Q1023 A3021 VIS HZ FEW090
MGGT 110300Z 18004KT 6000 FEW014 SCT090 19/17 Q1022 A3018 VIS HZ SCT200
MGGT 110200Z 19004KT 7000 SCT014 SCT090 20/17 Q1022 A3018 VIS HZ SCT200
