Status:
Date:	22 JUL 1986
Time:	13:53
Type:	Douglas C-53D-DO (DC-3)
Operator:	Borinquen Air
Registration:	N27PR
C/n / msn:	11776
First flight:	1943
Engines:	2 Wright R-1820-202A
Crew:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	San Juan, P.R. (United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ), Puerto Rico
Destination airport:	Saint Kitts-Golden Rock Airport (SKB/TKPK), St. Kitts and Nevis

Narrative:
A no. 2 engine failure forced the crew to return to runway 10 and was on a right downwind leg when the propeller was stopped. The DC-3 descended, turned to base leg at a low altitude and crashed into a lagoon in a right vertical bank.

PROBABLE CAUSE:"
Airspeed .. inadequate .. pilot in command>
Aircraft handling .. improper .. pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
Terrain condition .. water, rough
Engine assembly,ring .. failure, total
Comm/nav equipment, transmitter .. failure, total
Engine assembly, bearing .. failure, total
Engine assembly, master rod .. failure, total"

Sources:
» Aviation Letter 238
» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/88 (#44)
» NTSB