On July 21, 1989, the aircraft skidded and overran Manila's Runway 06, losing its undercarriage and ran onto a motorway, striking vehicles and killing eight people on the ground.

It was delivered to Philippine Airlines as PI-C1191 before it was given to Aviateca Guatemala in March 1971, where it was re-registered to TG-AZA and named Quetzal.

[citation needed] On final approach, the pilots were informed by ATC that their glideslope was too high and that it was better to initiate a go-around.

Unable to stop with the remaining distance, the aircraft struck a concrete wall and lost its undercarriage before skidding onto the South Luzon Expressway, striking cars and coming to rest on a railroad track.

The crew failed to initiate a go-around and follow warnings from ATC, and the aircraft landed too far down the runway that stopping distance was insufficient.