ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330469
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Date: | Saturday 24 June 1972 |
Time: | 23:17 |
Type: | de Havilland DH-114 Prinair Heron 2B |
Owner/operator: | Prinair |
Registration: | N554PR |
MSN: | 14085 |
Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
Total airframe hrs: | 11364 hours |
Engine model: | Continental IO-520E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 20 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ponce-Mercedita Airport (PSE) -
Puerto Rico
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU/TJSJ) |
Destination airport: | Ponce-Mercedita Airport (PSE/TJPS) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Heron was over-rotated, lost control and crashed while the crew were executing a go-around after trying to land on runway 29.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the loss of directional control during a go-around from a landing attempt. Control was lost when the aircraft was overrotated at too low an airspeed to sustain flight. The crew's reasons for rejecting the landing are not known."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA72AM142 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 years and 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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