Status:	Definitief
Datum:	08 MEI 1987
Tijd:	06:50
Type:	CASA C-212 Aviocar 200
Vloog voor:	American Eagle
Gehuurd van:	Executive Air Charter
Registratie:	N432CA
Constructienummer:	271
Bouwjaar:	1982-11-30 (4 years 5 months)
Aantal vlieguren:	6264
Aantal vluchten:	11774
Motoren:	2 Garrett TPE331-10R-511C
Bemanning:	slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 2
Passagiers:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 4
Totaal:	slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 6
Schade:	Vernield
Gevolgen:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Plaats:	Mayaguez, P.R. (Verenigde Staten)
Fase:	Nadering (APR)
Soort vlucht:	Binnenlandse lijnvlucht
Vliegveld van vertrek:	San Juan-Isla Grande Airport (SIG/TJIG), Puerto Rico
Vliegveld van aankomst:	Mayaguez-Eugenio M. de Hostos Airport (MAZ/TJMZ), Puerto Rico
Vluchtnummer:	5452

Beschrijving:
Flight 5452 departed San Juan at 06:20 for a VFR flight to Mayaguez. The flight to Mayaguez was uneventful until the base leg turn to finals for runway 09. Witnesses saw the aircraft making a tight turn (without extending the downwind leg as usual) and overshooting the extended centreline. The aircraft then made a violent turn and entered a high sink rate. The right wingtip struck the ground 643 feet short of the runway threshold and 67 feet right of the extended centreline. The plane continued 100 feet through a chain-link fence and a ditch before pivoting about 180deg coming to rest upright.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper maintenance in setting propeller flight idle blade angle and engine fuel flow resulting in a loss of control from an asymmetric power condition. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's unstabilized visual approach."

Bronnen:
» Aviation Letter 247
» NTSB/AAR-88/07