Date: 24 May 1988
Airline: TACA Airlines
Flight No.: Unknown
Aircraft: B737-3T0
Location: New Orleans, LA
Fatalities: 0:45
Photographer: Unknown
The aircraft was approaching the New Orleans airport
when it encountered heavy precipitation, including hail up to 1.25 inches (32 mm) in diameter. The aircraft
experienced a dual engine flameout at about 16,200ft due to water ingestion, and the flight crew were able to
establish emergency electrical power at about of 10,500ft. The crew was unsuccessful in their attempts to
restart the engines, and had to execute an emergency landing on a grass strip on a levee on the Intercoastal
Waterway (after initially planning to ditch the aircraft on the waterway). The flight crew successfully made an
unpowered landing and none of the 45 occupants were injured. The aircraft was repaired and flown off the
levee.
